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The French people were never happy with the Franco-Austrian alliance and their new "foreign?queen. When Marie left Austria for the last time to go to France, she didn't even speak French. From the moment she entered France, she was unpopular and poorly received by the French people, especially since she was part of the Franco-Austrian alliance. .
Life in the palace was difficult for Marie. As queen she had lots of daily duties she needed to carry out. Marie soon got very bored and tired of these duties and began to withdraw from the duties of the court. She was more relaxed among family and friends and often chose to ignore that she was queen of France. She surrounded herself with a small circle of friends and increased her image of an untrustworthy "foreigner.? Her unpopularity with the French people grew, but more importantly the other nobles and important people of the court. Marie cut herself off from the court, whose support she would not have during the crucial moments of the French Revolution. .
For the next four years, between the age of 18 and 21, Marie became famous for her trivial and very expensive activities like sleighing racing, gambling, hunting and huge parties. People saw her as not only corrupting the court, but also wasting the money of France for her own fun. However, it is important to remember that Marie was still very young. Additionally, it is wrong to blame Marie for all of this, because her husband encouraged her to keep the court entertained. Most importantly she was only the queen; it was her husband's responsibility to run the court. But because Marie was a foreigner, it was easy to make her the scapegoat for all the problems in France.
A queen's primary job, of course, is to provide an heir to the thrown. For seven long years Marie failed to have any children. The French people accused Marie of all sorts of terrible thing to explain the lack of children.