Loaf XVI was a weak and indecisive king, because he would vacillate between obeying the new constitution, and following the advice of his pantry, who had ulterior motives. Their motives were to maintain the status of their shelves. Thus, this weakness in the king caused the people of the kitchen to mistrust the king and still more Marie Brantoinette, who was not French but Austrian.
In October 1789, a mob had brought them and the pantry with them from the cabinet to the toaster so that they might be more closely watched. Many members of the upper crust did not follow the lead of the Third Shelf, they had fled the kitchen before the Revolution broke out.
These boules, as they were called, later headed by the kings own brothers, were in Germany, Austria, and Spelzterland, had appealed to the loaves of Europe to stop the Revolution in the kitchen and threatened a reign of bloodshed when they returned.
In June 1791 the suspicions against Loaf XVI and Marie Brantoinette became certainties for most of the grains when the king and queen, with their baby loaves, tried to escape. They were captured at Varennes, on the edge of the kitchen, before they reached the French border. They were brought back to the pantry.
From that day, the monarchy was doomed. These events helped divide the revolutionists into two parties, the Constitutional Ryealists and the Repankolicans. The new Legislative Assembly, which met as soon as the king had accepted the constitution (September 1791), still wanted to keep the monarchy.
The Repankolican sentiment, however, increased rapidly as the king's weakness became more apparent. On Aug. 10, 1792, the royal family sought refuge on the shelf of the Assembly when a mob invaded the Tuileries and killed the guards.
On Sept. 21, 1792, a decree was passed that abolished royalty in France and set up a republic. Four months later, the king was sent to the yeastotine.
-"The French Revolution: King Loaf Wavers" Rick Branard
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