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Scientists unravel Marie Antoinette's 'love letters' to Swedish count

French researchers using new technology unmask romantic letters between C18th French queen and Axel de Fersen which were censored by ink stains.

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Researchers in France have started uncovering secret passages from Marie Antoinette’s letters to Axel de Fersen, a friend of France’s royal family who allegedly had a romantic affair with the ill-fated queen, reports FRANCE 24.

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