Allegedly recovered fromthelegendaryKingSolomon’sMines,theuncut,roughstonewasacquiredin1544bythescandalousDeLucafamily.Giftedaspartofadowryin1612,thefateofthediamond,alongwithseveralotherhighprofilegems,wereunknownaftertheFranco-Spanishwarof1635,beforeitmysteriouslyreappearedoverthreecenturieslater. SoldlastyeartotheMorettiBrothersjewellersforjustover£22million,neithertimenorconflicthavedimmeditsbrilliance.Indeed,thetwineighty-year-oldbrotherssuggeststhatthevalueofthenowcutandpolished90caratdiamondhasalreadyincreasedbyatleast50%.Itwillbeondisplayforfourweeksonly.