A diamond necklace with a possible link to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, has sold for $4.8 million at auction. The glittering, 300-carat necklace is laden with gems that may have ...

While Marie Antoinette was found to have no involvement in purchasing the necklace, her already flawed reputation was permanently damaged by the diamond necklace affair. The ordeal is thought to ...

The golden timepiece made for the French queen is still the peak of high horology, and it’s now on show in London ...

Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals Teresa Nowakowski Some of the gems may have featured in a royal scandal known as the "affair of the diamond necklace ...

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 ...

Marie Antoinette (Emilia Schüle ... This will cause chaos among the nobles, and the Diamond Necklace Affair will only make matters worse. The Diamond Necklace Affair is regarded as one of ...

the most tantalising being its possible link to Queen Marie-Antoinette and the scandal of the “Affair of the Diamond Necklace”. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby's ...