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Ribeiro-Addy said in the Commons that alongside auction houses, remains were being sold on social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, Ebay, Etsy and Gumtree.

Operated by Norwegian state energy giant Equinor and Aberdeen-based Ithaca Energy, it is believed to be the largest untapped field in UK waters and its oil is to be taken off by tanker and sold on the international market, with some gas being piped to Shetland.

The jewels were sold on Wednesday evening at an auction in Geneva.

It is believed some of the jewels in the necklace sold on Wednesday were the original ones at the centre of the "affair of the diamond necklace" scandal in the 1780s, that may have hastened Marie Antoinette's demise.

Some experts say the age and quality of the diamonds in the necklace sold on Wednesday point to a match with the originals.