Queen Mary’s Revenge: How Consuelo Vanderbilt Defied the Royals and Dismantled a Legend

Jewelry Journeys

She once stood at a coronation, her diamonds catching the light with a brilliance that could rival a queen. Years later, she would place that same tiara into the hands of a jeweler — and watch as it was quietly taken apart, stone by stone. What could bring a woman to dismantle the very jewels that o