Cheating husband’s jewellery gifts fetch €328k at auction

A COLLECTION of diamonds and jewellery worth £280,000 (€328,000) given to a long-suffering wife by her philandering husband in compensation for his affairs has been sold at auction.

While businessman Robert Charlton played away, his wife Elizabeth amassed a dazzling collection of necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings he bought for her to ease his conscience.

Passed on to the couple’s only daughter, 43 lots from Ms Charlton’s jewellery box have been sold to several bidders for £280,000.