An antique diamond necklace worn at two British coronations, which experts believe is linked to an historic scandal involving ...

Marie Antoinette was only 14 and Louis just ... but also her serial infidelity. But it was the necklace affair in 1785 that many scholars believe paved the way for her execution.

As they say, a piece of jewelry has the power to tell many stories. This particular diamond necklace, which is being sold by ...

The necklace, featuring around 500 diamonds and linked to Marie Antoinette, is estimated at ... episode which overplayed between 1784 and 1785 right at the Louis XVI monarch's court and ...

The star of the auction was Marie Antoinette's Pearl ... The previous record for the most expensive pearl jewel was a necklace once owned by the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor. It was sold for ...

The glittering 1785 scandal at the court ... was looking to regain the favor of Marie-Antoinette, the last Queen of France, who was tricked into acquiring a necklace on behalf of someone ...

some of the diamonds from the necklace may have come from the "Affair of the Diamond Necklace" 1785 scandal with Marie Antoinette. As the story goes, a cardinal was interested in charming the last ...