Attended by Cartier jewellers Liz Taylor tries on a beautiful diamond necklace with matching earrings she spotted while window-shopping in Monte Carlo with her third husband Mike Todd. At $500,000, the necklace was beyond Todd’s budget, but the earrings were her consolation prize. Monte Carlo 1958.

In Monte Carlo, 1958, a light-coloured sedan with distinctive tail fins is parked outside a grand, classical-style building. This visit would become memorable for Liz Taylor and her third husband, Mike Todd. After Taylor spotted a beautiful diamond necklace while window-shopping, she tried it on, attended by Cartier jewellers. At $500,000, the necklace was beyond Todd’s budget, but he purchased the matching earrings for her as a consolation prize.

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