A diamond-studded necklace thought to be linked to a scandal that hastened the downfall of the doomed 18th century queen of ...

How the Affair of the Diamond Necklace changed history—and why 18th-century jewelry remains an eternal holy grail.

In Marie Antoinette, David Adjmi translates the gilded life of 18th century French aristocracy into the language of today’s entitled, cocooned ultra-rich. His play is grounded in history but is not a ...

The star of the auction was Marie Antoinette's Pearl, a natural pearl and diamond pendant A pearl and diamond pendant that belonged to ill-fated French Queen Marie Antoinette has been sold for $ ...

A diamond-studded necklace thought to be involved in a scandal that led to the eventual downfall of the last queen of France, ...

Marie Antoinette was only 14 and Louis just 15 when they married and received two million francs worth of jewellery from her French father-in-law. The queen would also receive many more jewels ...

Perhaps most memorably, the young queen was the subject of Sofia Cappola’s 2006 film Marie Antoinette, which tracked her journey from young girl to French queen. And now, Marie Antoinette is set ...

From Austrian princess to ill-fated last queen ... Marie Antoinette's life journey is captured in this meticulously researched documentary about the woman who is considered to have triggered the ...

Kirsten Dunst famously played the famous French queen in Sofia Copolla’s 2006 film, Marie Antoinette, and we can see Boynton perfectly stepping into the role. Production is yet to start ...

Since fashion was incredibly important to the last queen of France, it only makes sense that fashion would be utilized as a storytelling device. A French revolutionary played by Preston Coleman speaks ...

A subsequent trial found the queen blameless, yet did little to alleviate her growing notoriety for extravagance which helped fuel the French Revolution and Marie Antoinette’s beheading.

Photo: Reuters A subsequent trial found the queen blameless, yet did little to alleviate her growing notoriety for extravagance which helped fuel the French Revolution and Marie Antoinette's ...