Considering the circumstances, this lady's last words – "Pardon me. I didn't do it on purpose." – were quite polite.

On her way to the scaffold, the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette, remained ever polite. She is said to have stepped on the executioner's foot while climbing the stairs to the guillotine, prompting her to apologize: “Pardon me, sir, I meant not to do it.” Perhaps a metaphorical apology to France for the loss of public trust, considering the extravagant lifestyle she is said to have lived in the face of the revolution.

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