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The Americans who can't resist going over the top with a European wedding: From hiring the Palace of Versailles or the beach in St Tropez

As Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's multi-million dollar wedding looms over Venice, branding and etiquette experts note that 'status-signalling' nutpials can have the opposite effect in the UK.

5 days ago

Marie-Antoinette and a ferocious gold rush in this month's historical fiction: The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman, The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis, The Rush by Beth Lewis

A tarot reader teaming up with a psychic, sisters with a talent for transforming into animals and a gold rush gone wrong feature in this week's round-up.

14 days ago

French furniture expert and restorer guilty of fake 18th-century chair scam

Bill Pallot and Bruno Desnoues claimed chairs had adorned rooms of Marie Antoinette, in multimillion-euro con

A French furniture expert and a renowned restorer have been found guilty of conning the ar…

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Billionaire timeshare mogul and owner of $100 million 'Palace of Versailles' mega mansion David Siegel dies at 89

David Siegel, the founder of timeshare company Westgate Resorts, died on Saturday at 89 years old. Aside from his successful business pursuits, he was a drug abuse prevention and awareness advocate.

4 months ago

Agnès B: ‘I hate fashion. It’s not interesting.’

The designer, 83, talks about her troubled childhood, love of art, and how she persuaded David Bowie to drop the dodgy brown suits

During World War Two I remember standing in total darkness in a corri…

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