BBC The Real Versailles Subtitles

At 00:00:08,380, Character said: in the 17th century there was only one

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At 00:00:11,620, Character said: place to see and be seen the palace at

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At 00:00:15,340, Character said: first saw the greatest legacy of louis

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At 00:00:19,180, Character said: xiv the son king louis xiv spent a

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At 00:00:24,849, Character said: whopping 72 years on the throne during

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At 00:00:28,540, Character said: his reign he turned france from a

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At 00:00:30,400, Character said: country wracked by civil war its dukes

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At 00:00:33,100, Character said: and nobles constantly at each other's

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At 00:00:35,110, Character said: throats into the most glorious and

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At 00:00:37,450, Character said: powerful state in europe and he came up

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At 00:00:40,510, Character said: with a way of running a royal court

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At 00:00:42,460, Character said: that's never been beaten key to his

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At 00:00:45,670, Character said: success with this his palace of

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At 00:00:48,220, Character said: versailles i'm lucy Worsley chief

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At 00:00:52,630, Character said: curator at Britain's historic royal

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At 00:00:55,000, Character said: palaces and I'm Helen caster a historian

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At 00:00:58,660, Character said: with an unhealthy interest in court

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At 00:01:00,610, Character said: politics and intrigue together we're

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At 00:01:04,750, Character said: taking a look at the new French produced

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At 00:01:06,939, Character said: drama

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At 00:01:07,659, Character said: being shown on the BBC it's set during

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At 00:01:11,799, Character said: the building of Versailles this was a

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At 00:01:14,499, Character said: world where life revolved around endless

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At 00:01:17,049, Character said: court rituals where fortunes rose and

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At 00:01:20,679, Character said: fell with the latest fashions and we're

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At 00:01:23,710, Character said: the quickest way to Royal favour was

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At 00:01:25,960, Character said: through the Kings bedchamber - Jadhav

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At 00:01:29,249, Character said: behind the facade louis xiv survival

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At 00:01:33,100, Character said: depended on his creation of Versailles

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At 00:01:36,060, Character said: it was his power base his safe house and

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At 00:01:39,909, Character said: the gilded cage in which he trapped his

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At 00:01:43,420, Character said: enemies never before had a king and his

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At 00:01:46,719, Character said: entire court lived together in a single

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At 00:01:49,090, Character said: Palace this was a new type of building

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At 00:01:52,090, Character said: for a new type of ruler it was a huge

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At 00:01:55,119, Character said: risk it could all have gone horribly

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At 00:01:57,219, Character said: wrong but if anybody could pull it off

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At 00:02:00,039, Character said: it was louis xiv

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At 00:02:15,200, Character said: Louise Palace at Versailles sprang from

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At 00:02:18,000, Character said: surprisingly humble beginnings even the

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At 00:02:22,650, Character said: Kings only brother Philippe was in for a

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At 00:02:25,620, Character said: shock I ** about to drag this country

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At 00:02:29,490, Character said: out of the darkness and into the light

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At 00:02:31,220, Character said: we must build our own destiny right here

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At 00:02:34,020, Character said: a new France will be born and this

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At 00:02:36,030, Character said: palace will be her mother palace that

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At 00:02:41,850, Character said: one

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At 00:02:44,700, Character said: our fathers hunting lodge Versailles

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At 00:02:56,510, Character said: the dilapidated hunting lodge and the

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At 00:02:59,430, Character said: tiny hamlet around it was buried in the

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At 00:03:02,129, Character said: countryside 12 miles from Paris the only

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At 00:03:08,489, Character said: link between Versailles and the Capitol

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At 00:03:10,560, Character said: was an old drovers tract it had been

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At 00:03:13,799, Character said: used for bringing cattle to the markets

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At 00:03:15,689, Character said: of Paris in other words their site was

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At 00:03:18,629, Character said: in the middle of nowhere the seat of

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At 00:03:20,879, Character said: power was Paris the royal residence was

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At 00:03:23,250, Character said: the palace of the Louvre the nobles had

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At 00:03:25,560, Character said: their homes close by which meant they

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At 00:03:27,599, Character said: could attend on the king and still enjoy

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At 00:03:29,790, Character said: Fallon Society in the capital and vive

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At 00:03:32,579, Character said: la différence but Louie was passionate

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At 00:03:35,340, Character said: about outdoor pursuits he really enjoyed

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At 00:03:37,980, Character said: country life he began to spend more and

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At 00:03:40,650, Character said: more time at Versailles

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At 00:03:44,670, Character said: Loui expected his courtiers to join him

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At 00:03:47,700, Character said: but not everybody wanted to travel out

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At 00:03:51,959, Character said: into the sticks you really are out in

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At 00:03:56,130, Character said: the wilds here

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At 00:03:57,180, Character said: that's a porous non-existent the sooner

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At 00:04:00,240, Character said: we return to pass the better and even

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At 00:04:03,780, Character said: after the Dukes and duchesses the counts

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At 00:04:06,240, Character said: and mark eases had made it out to

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At 00:04:08,520, Character said: Versailles there was no a decent for

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At 00:04:10,739, Character said: them to stay according to Matt under 7 a

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At 00:04:14,250, Character said: after one visit to Versailles the

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At 00:04:15,780, Character said: courtiers were in a fury because they

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At 00:04:18,329, Character said: said the King didn't take care of any of

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At 00:04:20,100, Character said: them and there was scarcely a hole to

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At 00:04:22,530, Character said: take shelter in the courtiers came up

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At 00:04:24,930, Character said: with a new witticism a bon mo Versailles

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At 00:04:28,200, Character said: they said is a mistress without merit

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At 00:04:33,889, Character said: but the modest hunting lodge was about

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At 00:04:36,809, Character said: to have a makeover when I hosted a party

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At 00:04:40,949, Character said: here a few years ago we did not have the

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At 00:04:42,930, Character said: room to accommodate my friends most of

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At 00:04:45,539, Character said: them had to take rooms in town so I'm

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At 00:04:48,180, Character said: building some myself 400 apartments will

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At 00:04:51,509, Character said: talk

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At 00:04:55,540, Character said: Loui incorporated this hunting lodge

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At 00:04:58,640, Character said: into his plans and it's still there

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At 00:05:01,340, Character said: right at the heart of the later building

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At 00:05:03,500, Character said: Louie added additions that are still

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At 00:05:05,930, Character said: known as the envelope literally

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At 00:05:07,730, Character said: enveloping the original building from

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At 00:05:10,700, Character said: sleeping a cozy 15 or so extra guests

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At 00:05:13,550, Character said: this first phase of construction

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At 00:05:15,340, Character said: provided room at Versailles for 600 of

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At 00:05:19,010, Character said: loonies closest friends and that was

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At 00:05:21,800, Character said: just the start but Louie didn't build

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At 00:05:25,460, Character said: Versailles to be nice to his chums he

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At 00:05:28,970, Character said: did it for the survival of the monarchy

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At 00:05:35,560, Character said: you might be forgiven for wondering why

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At 00:05:38,660, Character said: Louie the 14th would go to such lengths

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At 00:05:41,450, Character said: to keep his throne safe as a royal

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At 00:05:44,240, Character said: historian it's hard to think of another

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At 00:05:46,460, Character said: ruler who comes across as so supremely

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At 00:05:49,430, Character said: confident Louie inherited from his

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At 00:05:52,700, Character said: mother a passionate belief in the Divine

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At 00:05:55,610, Character said: Right of Kings the idea that Kings were

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At 00:05:58,910, Character said: like little mini gods who ruled on earth

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At 00:06:01,630, Character said: in case anyone had missed the point but

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At 00:06:04,370, Character said: Louise Berthe he was given the name of

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At 00:06:06,170, Character said: dear dawn a given by God this is because

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At 00:06:10,450, Character said: miraculously he was his parents first

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At 00:06:13,220, Character said: surviving child after 23 years of

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At 00:06:16,280, Character said: marriage a gift from God indeed Lois

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At 00:06:20,000, Character said: took these ideas very much to heart

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At 00:06:25,190, Character said: Louis self-glorification knew no bounds

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At 00:06:30,070, Character said: he had himself painted in the guise of

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At 00:06:32,870, Character said: Roman emperors as Alexander the Great

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At 00:06:36,860, Character said: even as the omnipotent Greek god Zeus no

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At 00:06:41,840, Character said: hero was too glorious no God to mighty

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At 00:06:44,990, Character said: to escape the comparison and Louie took

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At 00:06:49,310, Character said: his his personal emblem a symbol he

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At 00:06:52,040, Character said: fought fitting for his dazzling godlike

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At 00:06:55,070, Character said: status

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At 00:06:57,070, Character said: the son

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At 00:07:01,550, Character said: the Sun is this Center the heart the

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At 00:07:07,340, Character said: mother of the universe without its

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At 00:07:10,250, Character said: warmth and light all life is gone man

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At 00:07:14,060, Character said: will cease to exist one could almost

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At 00:07:17,659, Character said: believe he was talking about him

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At 00:07:21,370, Character said: Louie was a master of propaganda but

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At 00:07:25,660, Character said: then let all this grandstanding deceive

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