A diamond necklace that has been worn at two British coronations, and is thought to contain stones from the infamous necklace ...

But before Boehmer and Bassenge could complete the task, Louis died and was succeeded by his grandson Louis XVI, whose wife, Marie Antoinette ... they were sold on the black market.

"There is obviously a niche in the market for historical jewels with fabulous provenances," Sotheby's jewelry specialist ...

Experts say some of the stones in the piece are a match with the original diamonds central to a royal scandal.

The whole collection was sold for more than £53m. Marie Antoinette was an Austrian princess before her marriage to France's King Louis XVI. Her extravagant lifestyle turned her into a hate figure ...

Upon her arrival in France, Maria assumed the Gallic version of her name: Marie Antoinette. When his grandfather Louis XV died in 1774, Louis XVI ascended the throne, making Marie Antoinette the Queen ...

A diamond-studded necklace thought to be linked to a scandal that hastened the downfall of the doomed 18th century queen of France, Marie Antoinette, sold at auction in Geneva on Wednesday for 4.26 ...