The necklace containing around 300 carats of diamonds was bought by an unidentified woman who put in her bid over the phone, ...
The whereabouts of the wedding are unknown as Madelaine has ... was arguably the most egregious as Madelaine dressed up as ...
She was given the necklace as a wedding present by her husband the ... her native country. Marie Antoinette was only 14 and Louis just 15 when they married and received two million francs ...
Marie Antoinette was known - and eventually beheaded ... Empress Eugenie, upon their wedding in 1853. After Napoleon III was overthrown, the French Crown Jewels were sold in 1887.
But some pieces were inherited by his cousin, Charles Paget, the 6th Marquess, who presented this necklace as a wedding present ... by its possible links to Marie Antoinette.
Tobias Kormind, managing director of Europe’s largest online diamond jeweller 77 Diamonds, shared his thoughts on the jewellery's historic allure: "A scandalous link to Marie Antoinette and the ...