“Let them eat cake” is the most famous quote attributed to Marie-Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. As the story goes, it was the queen’s response upon being told that her starving peasant subjects had no bread.

The phrase is commonly attributed to Marie Antoinette. " Let them eat cake " is the traditional translation of the French phrase " Qu'ils mangent de la brioche ", said to have been spoken in the 17th or 18th century by "a great princess" upon being told that the peasants had no bread.

According to historians, Marie-Antoinette Let Them Eat Cake quote was, in reality, a false rumor. The evidence suggests that Marie-Antoinette did not say Let Them Eat Cake and that it was somebody else who uttered the famous quote long before Marie-Antoinette became Queen of France.