Ahead, see where the ill-fated royal's precious gems ended up ... the only surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, received the jewels after she was exiled to Austria.

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

Tobias Kormind, managing director of Europe’s largest online diamond jeweller 77 Diamonds, shared his thoughts on the ...

The star of the auction was Marie Antoinette's Pearl ... major collection of jewellery sold by Italy's royal Bourbon-Parma house. Some of the jewels had not been seen in public for 200 years.

Marie Antoinette's biggest passion was her jewels. Louis raided the French crown ... Antoinette and the new King Louis VI. But the royal couple refused to buy it and the queen instead urged ...

An antique diamond necklace worn at two British coronations, which experts believe is linked to an historic scandal involving Marie ... alongside royal and aristocratic diamond jewels including ...

To honour fallen soldiers, Princess Kate donned the Bahrain Pearl Drop earrings, a cherished gift from Queen Elizabeth II.

Marie Antoinette Boullard-Devé settled in Indochina in the early 1920s where she traveled and painted, depicting the local inhabitants and their culture. In the International Colonial Exhibition of ...

Comprising around 500 diamonds and potentially linked to Marie Antoinette ... It will be featured in the "Royal & Noble Jewels" sale. The necklace, which has been privately owned in Asia, will ...

Marie Antoinette is as renowned today for her life of luxury as she was when she reigned as the Queen of France over 200 years ago. But her unrestrained opulence marked a stark contrast between the ...

“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.