: The King’s daughters and Louis’s brother, Provence, strategically reveal to the naive Marie Antoinette that Madame du Barry was once a prostitute. This revelation leads Antoinette to reject the mistress, sparking a bitter rivalry as du Barry begins to view her as a threat to her own influence over King Louis XV.

: Seeking to impress her husband, Antoinette participates in a royal hunt. She displays unexpected bravery by facing down a stag, though her husband continues to avoid and ignore her despite her efforts to connect.

: Realizing that her marriage to the awkward and uninterested Louis-Auguste remains unconsummated, Marie Antoinette briefly turns to the King’s mistress, Madame du Barry , for advice on seduction.