I watched the film "Marie Antoinette" the other day. Kirsten Dunst plays the part of the Austrain-born queen of France, notorious for her heartless line "Let them eat cake", and does so superbly. Apparently, that line is a rumour. Perhaps she said it and perhaps she didn't. Will we ever know? She's long gone now anyway.

The film shows her more innocent, young, teenage-girl side. It portrays her as someone who was thrown into a position of great responsiblity at a very young age.

After the film, Annika did something very characteristic of her. She pulled up some info on Marie Antoinette off the net and read it out to her mum and me. Annie listened and then continued reading on her own. "So, a lot of it wasn't her fault... she was blamed for everything she did... the French never liked her" were her comments.

Annika's quick reply was, "Next you'll feel sorry for Paris Hilton".

My best friend and her mum have an interesting way of bringing light to the repetition of history in the present day.