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

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

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

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 ...

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

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants were starving and didn’t have enough bread, she exclaimed “Let ...

Antoinette DelBel joined the WPXI/Channel 11 team as a reporter in May 2023. Before coming to Pittsburgh, Antoinette worked as an anchor, reporter and multimedia journalist at WTKR in Norfolk ...

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After Napoleon, Marie Antoinette is probably the most famous French historical figure in Britain, even though she was originally Austrian and he was Corsican. At an early age, however, both left home ...

On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress established a naval force, hoping that a small fleet of privateers could attack British commerce and offset British sea power. Get up-to-date Navy ...