The Grandest Necklace Made
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Though jewelry, especially necklaces are usually associated with women, one of the grandest and the most opulent necklaces ever made was for the Maharaja Bhupinder Singh who ruled the Patiala kingdom from 1909 to 1938.
The spectacular ‘Patiala Necklace’, was opulent and famous across the world. It had embedded, as its centre piece, the already famous ‘De Beers diamond’- the 7th largest diamond in the world. No wonder then that this necklace goes down in the annals of history as one of the most expensive pieces of jewelry, ever made!
The Maharaja sent trunks full of rubies, emeralds and loose diamonds along with the ‘De Beers diamond’ in a ship from Patiala to Paris to be ...
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