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Photo Gallery: Party Like the Queen of France

Guests watch dancing
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Party guests watch the dancing at Paris Opera Masquerade.
Ballet dancers
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Ballet dancers perform at the Paris Opera Masquerade.
Dancing at party
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Partygoers dance at the Paris Opera Masquerade.
Men in masks
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Masked men survey the ballroom at the Paris Opera Masquerade.
Guests at opera
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Party guests rendezvous at the Paris Opera Masquerade.
Duke makes toast
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Duke of Orleans makes champagne toast at Paris Opera Masquerade.
Comte and prostitutes
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Comte d'Artois and prostitutes at the Paris Opera Masquerade.
Sampling sweets
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Marie Antoinette and the Duchesse de Polignac sample the sweets at the Paris Opera Masquerade.
Traditional costume
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A traditional 18th Century French Masquerade costume.
Stunning Marie
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A stunning Marie Antoinette at the masquerade party.

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