Marie Antoinette who had been hesitant, accepted his wife's decision to flee with the help of foreign powers and counter-revolutionary forces. Fersen and Breteuil, who represented her in the courts of Europe, were put in charge of the escape plan, while Marie Antoinette continued her negotiations with some of the moderate leaders of the French Revolution. There had been several plots designed to help the royal family escape, which the queen had rejected because she would not leave without the king, or which had ceased to be viable because of the king's indecision. Once Louis XVI finally did commit to a plan,
Cultural depictions of Marie Antoinette out "Let them eat shit" and "Let them eat pussy", and the last line says "Let them eat cake." Marie Antoinette appears in the children's book "Ben and Me" by Robert Lawson, but does not appear in the 1953 animated short film adaptation. Joan Rivers' book "I Hate Everyone... Starting With Me", contains a quote by Marie Antoinette saying "Let her eat shit". Costco then refused to sell the book because of the explicit language. Juliet Grey's trilogy of books starting with "Becoming Marie Antoinette" and ending with "Confessions of Marie Antoinette" tells Marie Antoinette's entire story from beginning to