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Charlotte Everett

Kim Kardashian sparks social media frenzy after buying Princess Diana's necklace for $197k

Kim Kardashian has become the target of a social media frenzy after purchasing Princess Diana's necklace for $197k.

The mum-of-four bought the iconic amethyst and diamond cross necklace at Sotherby's auction but has since become the focus of multiple memes, with tweets starting with " Kim Kardashian has purchased..."

One in particular has been a hit with fans which called out Hilaria Baldwin 's fake heritage scandal from 2021 as it said: "Kim Kardashian has purchased Hilaria Baldwin's fake Spanish accent for $97,600."

Back in 2021, several of Hilaria's former classmates came forward to confirm that she was raised in Weston, Massachusetts, by American parents and didn't have a foreign accent.

Kim bought the necklace at auction (Getty Images)
Kim paid $197k for the necklace (Getty Images for Baby2Baby)

One person first exposed the alleged fake accent and told The New York Times that it was an "open secret" in Manhattan that Hilaria had faked her accent, and that she and her friends were "bored" from the pandemic so decided finally to expose the secret.

Multiple clip of Hilaria's past TV appearances then resurfaced showing her Spanish accent.

In one particular video from the Today Show, Hilaria appeared to forget the English word for cucumber.

Hilaria was the subject of a meme (Getty Images)
Kim often purchases iconic pieces (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

After her American heritage was exposed, Hilaria went on to apologise and said she "should have been more clear" about her connection to the Spanish culture.

Several other funny memes came out of Kim's purchase, with one referencing Game Of Thrones as it mentioed the character potrayed by Milly Alcock and Emma D'Arcy.

It said: "Kim Kardashian has purchased Rhaenyra Targaryens Crown for $500k, TMZ reports."

Another tweet said: "Kim Kardashian has purchased Nicki Minaj's iconic pink chicken wing necklace for $375,000, TMZ reports."

The necklace sold at auction (PA)
Princess Diana wore the iconic necklace at a charity gala (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

As another read: "Kim Kardashian has purchased the child’s sock from Monster’s Inc for $2,319, TMZ reports."

With a fourth saying: "Breaking: According to TMZ, Kim Kardashian has reportedly purchased the state of Ohio for $200."

"Kim Kardashian has purchased Cinderella’s iconic glass slipper for reportedly $67.8 Million, TMZ reports," one said.

Another brought up the iconic blue and black dress meme, saying: "Kim Kardashian has purchased the iconic ‘is it blue and black or gold and white dress’ for reportedly 300,000, TMZ reports."

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