One big spender could get their hands on Dame Shirley Bassey’s diamonds forever with the singer set to auction some of her jewellery.
The extensive jewellery collection up for grabs, estimated to be worth over £598,260, includes a diamond ring gifted to her from Sir Elton John.
Dame Shirley, who grew up in Cardiff’s Tiger Bay, famously sang about diamonds in the title track the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever starring Sir Sean Connery.
She said she accepted the offer to sing the track as the lyrics “rang true” to her.
Dame Shirley, whose other hits include Big Spender and Goldfinger, said: “I fell in love with jewellery when I first discovered natural pearls as an up-and-coming singer and I bought myself my first string of pearls – the first piece of jewellery I’d ever bought.
“However, I quickly graduated to my lifelong passion for diamonds which preceded the recording of Diamonds Are Forever.
“In fact, I accepted to sing the song because it rang true to me and the way I felt about diamonds then and now.”