#in 'The Diary of Marie Antoinette' it was Sophie & Erik

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I read a lot of historical (young adult) fiction growing up & if there's one trend I noticed it's that theres always at least one servant or lower class side character who never existed but has some kind of a relationship with the real historical main character & is in very near proximity to them in the book that I later was very disappointed to learn was 100% fictional