she plastered the walls with gold and diamonds. An even bigger problem, however, was the debt incurred by France during the Seven Years' War, still unpaid. It would be further exacerbated by Vergennes' prodding Louis XVI to get involved in Great Britain's war with its North American colonies, due to France's traditional rivalry with England.
Marie Antoinette's marriage was officially consummated on 30 August, 1777 and eight months later in April, the queen was suspected to be pregnant. Marie Thérèse Charlotte, known more commonly by the traditional honorific of Madame Royale, was finally born at Versailles after a particularly difficult labor on 19 December, 1778, following an ordeal where the queen literally collapsed from
