Should point out that one of Ptolemy princess during the triumph of Caesar was spared because the crowd was sympathetic. Marie represented the nobility who did nothing in the face of increasing poverty and instability around France. Her indulgence in extravagance and the affair of the diamond necklace, which she was not at fault but ultimately involved because of her reputation, led to revolution. Finally her husband intention to escape to Austria sealed their fate as traitors. Japanese shoujo has a tendency to glorify royalty, people in a position of power and wealth. It's almost as if events like Arab Spring or Hong Kong protest happened because the public got fed up with those in power, not only because of the public's "selfishness", being "short sighted" and "uneducated", "easily misled".