Visitors can now explore Marie-Antoinette's private chambers in Versailles

A bust of Queen Marie-Antoinette de Habsbourg-Lorraine, wife of France's King Louis XVI, is seen in her bedroom in the chateau de Versailles, in Versailles, west of Paris. Photo: AFP

The chateau of Versailles will reopen the private rooms of Queen Marie-Antoinette as part of its ongoing 400th anniversary celebrations.

The restored apartments will reopen to the public on June 27, featuring 100sq m (1,000sq feet) of luxurious living space where France's last queen played with her children and received friends.