Unfortunately, in 1957 there was a ball at which the Duchess and the Maharani were both present. Observing the necklace the Maharani remarked rather publicly that the emerlds had looked just as good when she wore them on her feet. The Duchess was livid and returned the neklace. Harry Winston promised not to sell the necklace to anyone who might wear it in the Duchess's presence or know its recent history. So Christina Onassis was turned down when she tried to buy it, and eventually it ended up in Texas."
- Alexis, Baron de Redé
