for the royal bodyguards was misrepresented as an orgy of hate against the people by revolutionary newspapers, and on October 5, in the belief that the king and queen were hoarding bread, a bevy of market-women marched on Versailles to demand their voices be heard. The next day, they stormed the palace, killing several bodyguards and threatening Marie Antoinette's life in the process. The mob eventually forced the royal family to move to Paris under the watchful eye of the Garde Nationale. On September 21, the monarchy was officially ended, and the National Convention
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