Kim Kardashian buys Princess Diana’s Attallah Cross necklace for £164,000

Kim Kardashian has purchased Princess Diana’s Attallah Cro, a historical fashion piece that she had worn less than a decade ago after Marilyn Monroe’s famous ‘Happy birthday Mr President’ dress.

The reality star and businesswoman paid £163,800 ($197,453) for the necklace after it went to auction at Sotheby’s London today.

Auction house confirmed that the final figure was more than twice the estimate.

Four bidders tried to win the amethyst-amethyst cross during the final five minutes Sotheby’s Royal and Noble auction, but it ended up being won by a representative for Kardashian.

This striking pendant is cross-shaped and features square-cut amethysts with circular-cut diamonds. It weighs in at 5.25 carats. It measures 136x95mm.

The statement jewellery piece was previously owned by the former group chief executive of Asprey & Garrard, the late Naim Attallah CBE.

Attallah, a close friend of Diana, bought the cross from Garrard around 1980. She was the first to have it. He loaned it to him several times for her to wear at events. It was lost to the public after the death of the queen in 1996.