Yes. He was probably doomed anyway, but the flight put the liud on it. It was an obvious, irrefutable attempt to join the army that was at war with France, at a time when the declaration of 'La Patrie en Danger' was in force. Before Varennes, Louis XVI could have given in and genuinely accepted a constitution. It would have been utterly out of character and probably a personal impossibility, but the choice existed. After Varennes, he was guilty of treason and. as I said, doomed.
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