Two diamonds that belonged to Marie Antoinette currently sit in the Smithsonian's collection. The pear-shaped stones, clocking in at 14 and 20 carats, respectively, were sourced in either India or ...

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

The whole collection was sold for more than £53m. Marie Antoinette was an Austrian princess before her marriage to France's King Louis XVI. Her extravagant lifestyle turned her into a hate figure ...

Her jewellery collection was by far the biggest of any French queen and rivalled only by Empress Josephine, the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. By the end of 1776, Marie Antoinette had a dress ...

Two diamond bracelets once owned by the queen of France, Marie Antoinette, have sold at auction in Switzerland for more than $8m(£5.8m). They were bought by an anonymous telephone bidder.

“Marie Antoinette,” created by Tony-award-winning University of Iowa alum David Adjmi, is a modern take on the infamous royal, detailing her macabre journey from exorbitant queen to societal outcast.

It is thought some of its diamonds may have come from the infamous Affair of the Diamond Necklace piece that tarnished the reputation of Marie Antoinette, the unpopular last queen consort of ...