Kim Kardashian Buys Princess Diana’s Iconic Diamond Cross Necklace For Nearly $200K: Photos

There’s thing similar a priceless bauble to alleviate the post-divorce blahs, and cipher knows that amended than Kim Kardashian! The reality TV icon, 42, reportedly conscionable purchased a diamond and amethyst encrusted connection transverse necklace memorably worn by Princess Diana. Per TMZ, the SKKN founder bought the necklace for conscionable nether $200k during a Sotheby’s auction connected Wednesday, January 18. The last tab, per a root for the outlet, came retired to beryllium $197,453. The Attalah Cross, which features a bold signifier of Asscher chopped amethysts arranged successful a cross, was worn by the precocious royal successful 1987 to a foundation gala successful London, England, on with a purple embellished, velvet dress. The portion was reportedly loaned to Princess Diana by the Garrard jewelry institution astatine the time.

Princess Diana wears the Attalah Cross successful 1987. (Shutterstock)

It makes consciousness that Kim mightiness privation to ain the pricey portion of manner history. She notably wore Marilyn Monroe‘s crystal-covered “Happy Birthday Mr. President” formal astatine the Met Gala successful May of 2022. Per TMZ, she’s besides purchased jewelry worn by surface goddess Elizabeth Taylor and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, among others.

Her jewelry postulation is besides celebrated for being targeted by robbers backmost successful 2016, erstwhile an organized heist astatine a Paris edifice left Kim traumatized. The mom of four was infamously robbed astatine gunpoint connected October 3, 2016, portion visiting for Paris Fashion Week. Five men dressed arsenic constabulary officers stole $11 cardinal worthy of jewelry successful the high-profile heist.

Courtesy of Sotheby’s / MEGA

In 2017, Kim tearfully said she felt she was “meant” to person the experience. “I cognize this sounds crazy, but I cognize that was meant to hap to me,” she told Ellen DeGeneres at the time, per CNN. “I don’t privation to commencement crying, but I consciousness similar that was truthful meant to hap to me. I’m specified a antithetic person. I don’t privation to commencement crying anymore. It was meant to hap to me. I truly consciousness similar things hap successful your beingness to thatch you things. It was astir apt nary concealed – and you spot it connected the amusement – I was being flashy and I was decidedly materialistic before.”

The extravagant caller acquisition comes aft ex-husband Kanye West, from whom Kim finalized her divorce successful November, reportedly married Yeezy worker Bianca Censori in a backstage ceremonial successful January of 2023.

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