An apology to her executioner after she stepped on his foot.
The former queen was 37 when she was carted through Paris to the guillotine on October 16, 1793. According to accounts of the day, she trod on the executioner's foot and said, 'Pardon me, sir, I did not do it on purpose.' Legend claims her hair turned white overnight from terror, but that is a popular myth rather than a documented event.
