The initial reaction to the marriage between Marie Antoinette and Louis-Auguste was mixed.
She had played a decisive role in the disgrace of the reformer ministers of finance, in 1776 , and first dismissal in 1781.
Marie Antoinette, who had insisted on the arrest of the Cardinal, was dealt a heavy personal blow, as was the monarchy, and despite the fact that the guilty parties were tried and convicted, the affair proved to be extremely damaging to her reputation, which never recovered from it.
At least once she received a visit by a Catholic priest.