Posing as the Queen, she wrote several letters to a bishop and former ambassador, Cardinal de Rohan, convincing him to pay for the necklace on Marie Antoinette's behalf. Once the plot was ...

The necklace containing around 300 carats of diamonds was bought by an unidentified woman who put in her bid over the phone, ...

The courtier began forging letters to the Cardinal signed “Marie Antoinette de France”. Their correspondence became increasingly warm in tone, leading the Cardinal to believe that Marie ...