Public Grounds
Versailles went from a golden palace to a yellow one. Visiting aristocrats used the entire area as a way to relieve themselves, with or without the King there. They covered the front lawn in their own excrement and even did so within the chapel. Certainly not as religious as we like to think they were...
Hit in the Head
Public urination and relief were so commonplace that there is one truly grotesque story about Marie Antoinette. Apparently, once while taking a nice stroll outside, Marie was hit with a flying piece of fecal matter. Needless to say, that was not the finest hour for Marie...