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Cursed, they say: Did the infamous Hope Diamond and its owner have a local connection?
Local lore has long said that the owner of one of the world’s most famous diamonds had lived in The Broadmoor area. No, not the famed Elizabeth Taylor gifts from Richard Burton (33.19 carats and 69.42 carats), but this one a breathtaking and rare blue stone, the Hope Diamond. What made it even more intriguing…