When it comes to a single jewel, without doubt the most famous diamond on earth is what the Court of Louis XIV dubbed Le Bijou de Roi, or ’The King’s Jewel’, which was more blandly expressed by the British in the 1830s, as the Hope Diamond.

Times are tough, and if there are any heirlooms that you suspect may be of value, now could be the time to sell the family silver.

BEING an outsider is never easy but with marginality comes the rarefied privilege of bucking trends or indeed, creating them.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR dazzled the world with her luminous beauty, lavish lifestyle — and an unquenchable passion for diamonds and jewels that was fuelled by the great loves of her life.

A day after the civil wedding that transformed one-time Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock into the Princess of Monaco, she and Prince Albert II wed in a star-studded religious ceremony today.

'Heroes' star Hayden Panettiere is set to hear wedding bells in her future after boyfriend and co-star Milo VentimigliaI was spotted ring shopping.

Lotsa de Casha, the fifth and final instalment in a series of children’s books by Madonna, has been released.

As his grandson tells it, it began as a project by a man trying to build stronger lights for operating theatres in hospitals in Vienna. Instead, the first snow globe was born.

THE future of the national airline seems to be on automatic pilot, and to judge from the confusion at cabinet level the Government, like Aer Lingus, seems to be going around in circles.

The former Aer Rianta chief who spent €45,000 euro of company money on gifts for his colleagues tonight announced he would pay for them himself.