Today marks the 25th Anniversary of the Death of Dame Barbara Cartland, who passed away on this day in 2000! The legendary novelist wore this spectacular Pearl and Diamond Necklace for decades before it was auctioned off in 1995!

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In the 1950s and 1960s, Barbara Cartland was pictured wearing this striking antique Diamond Necklace with a Tiara as well as in a series of portraits by the legendary Dorothy Wilding along with her daughter, Raine, Countess of Dartmouth and later Countess Spencer.

By the 1970s, Barbara Cartland had added a paste riviére and pearl pendants to her antique Diamond Necklace to create a grander piece.

Dame Barbara claimed real jewellery is impractical.

Barbara Cartland notably wore her Pearl and Diamond Necklace for a series of portraits taken at her home in Camfield Place in 1977.

Dame Barbara Cartland continued to wear her Pearl and Diamond Necklace for several portraits through the 1980s and 1990s.

In 1995, Dame Barbara Cartland auctioned off several of her jewels, including the Pearl and Diamond Necklace, at Sotheby’s. Its current location is unknown!

Queen of romantic fiction Dame Barbara Cartland, whose set of shocking-pink dresses was being sold at auction. Jewel-encrusted gowns with ostrich feather stoles and frou-frou baby doll cocktail numbers studded with crystal beads were among the garments going under the hammer at Sotheby’s vintage fashion sale in London. The late doyenne of romance novels had always wanted her clothes and jewels to be sold after her death to give others the chance to share her distinctive taste in fashion.

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Pearl and Diamond Necklace

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