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Today in True Crime

June 20, 1791: Flight to Varennes

Today in True Crime

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True Crime, Education, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette fled Paris and made for the countryside, hoping to rally royalist supporters. Their plot was foiled by a postmaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.

0:04.0

Down time can be just fine, playing bangers from the 90s.

0:08.0

Tea break.

0:09.0

Lunch break.

0:10.0

Maybe listen to the outbreak.

0:12.0

Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?

0:15.0

It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time go on play some other time put your phone down

0:23.8

tombole open for fun terms apply 18 plus gambleaware dot org today is sunday june 20th 2021 on this day in 1791, King Louis the 16th and Queen Marie Antoinette

0:43.8

made a daring escape from Paris to the countryside. There, they hoped to raise an army to overthrow

0:51.4

the French Revolution.

1:01.5

Welcome to today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.

1:05.7

Due to the graphic nature of this episode, listener discretion is advised.

1:09.2

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

1:14.5

Today, we're covering Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette's fabled flight to Varenne. Now let's go back to 1791 in the Tuileries Palace in Paris. Morale

1:25.3

among the French royal family was anything but high that night. The king and queen were

1:30.6

constantly watched by guards under command of the Marquis de Lafayette. Though Lafayette was a loyal man,

1:37.3

he supported a constitutional monarchy, and so he couldn't be trusted. Marie and Louis needed to make their escape without his help.

1:47.6

Luckily, they had a plan.

1:49.5

For weeks, the Chevalier de Quagny had been visiting the royal family at their palace.

1:54.4

This provided King Louis with the perfect opportunity to sneak out.

1:59.5

That evening, Louis swapped coats and hats with the Chevalier and exited the palace unnoticed.

2:06.6

Marie followed suit, disguised as a governess.

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