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In 1782, Victoire was forced to resign her post due to a scandal created by her husband's mounting debt of 33 million livres, a debt that eventually, in 1787, led to the sale of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guémené. Marie
Antoinette did secure a pension for Victoire for her service at court, but the couple
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During her tenure as royal governess, she was in accordance with her position not allowed to leave court except with a written permission from the monarch, a permission she asked only to attend the parties of the
Archbishop of Narbonne at Hautefontaine. She became an influential personal friend of
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After the bankruptcy, which was viewed as a scandal, the couple was ostracized from society, and
Victoire took residence in a palace provided by her father; she was regarded to bear the scandal with dignity.
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resigned the post of governess to the royal children in favour of
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Boigne, Louise-Eléonore-Charlotte-Adélaide d'Osmond,
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268:Affair of the Diamond Necklace
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