Marie Antoinette's pearls to hit auction block
Sumptuous pearls which graced the neck of Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, will go on sale in London next week with an estimate of £400,000.
The 21 jewels were smuggled out of France during the French Revolution by the Countess of Sutherland, wife of the British ambassador and an ally of the extravagant queen.
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The 21 jewels were smuggled out of France during the French Revolution by the Countess of Sutherland, wife of the British ambassador and an ally of the extravagant queen.