BORN ON THIS DAY

WArrEN HArDING (1865-1923). The 29th U. S. President was called one of the top ten ‘forgettable’ American leaders by Time magazine, which said he was ‘widely considered one of the country’s worst’ and a man who preferred poker and womanising to politics. After dying of a heart attack while president, it was revealed he’d had a daughter with one mistress. MArIE ANTOINETTE (1755-1793). The last French queen was born an Austrian princess in Vienna and was just 14 when she married the future louis XVI. Although she never said ‘let them eat cake’, she did use flour to tint her wigs grey while many of her people went without bread. And her elaborate hairstyles could be as high as 4ft.