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

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

After years of restoration work, visitors to the home of Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, can get a new look into the private life of the controversial figure. Michelle Miller reports.

ABBOTS LANGLEY, England (AP) — Originally built to store crops from peasant farmers, the Tithe Barn on the edge of the English village of Abbots Langley was converted into homes that preserve its ...

She forged Antoinette's signature to get the necklace. Though innocent, the queen's reputation never recovered. It played a role in ending the Bourbon regime, the start of the French Revolution ...

So the jeweller enlisted the courtier Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy to persuade the Queen to buy the necklace, promising her a commission if she were successful. Still, Marie Antoinette declined.

A tiny snout poked out to widen the crack of the slowly shattering eggshell. The Siamese crocodile was taking its time, lagging others that had already wriggled out, chirping, into the sand. Adults ...

Elizabeth of Austria, hailed the ‘mother of kings’, is still remembered more for her supposed lack of beauty than for her ...

Like Queen Elizabeth, she loves horses and a great tiara moment. Brook Mitchell/Getty King Charles and Queen Camilla are a close couple, but they seem to have different takes on traveling.

The King and Queen are on their first visit to one of the countries outside the U.K. that have Charles as their monarch Simon Perry is a writer and correspondent at PEOPLE. He has more than 25 ...