French Revolution

If France do play the Lions, it would be for the first time since a 1989 fixture that was arranged to celebrate 200 years since the French Revolution.

The Lions have faced France only once before, crossing the Channel for a 1989 fixture that commemorated the bicentenary of the French Revolution.

She was guillotined in 1793 at the age of 37, along with her husband, at the height of the French Revolution.

The last queen of France was guillotined in 1793 at the age of 37, along with her husband at the height of the French Revolution.

Another part of the ceremony featured a headless Marie Antoinette figure at the Conciergerie – the prison where she was held before being beheaded during the French Revolution – and was also called "satanic" by critics online.