The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film) what he did. On her way out, he asks her for a date and she accepts. Before the date, Crown visits his therapist (Faye Dunaway), who correctly guesses that he's found a worthy adversary. On their first date, Crown takes Banning to the museum and then to dinner, all while being tailed by the police. Their attraction is evident as is their intimate knowledge of each other's background. Banning gets her hands on his keys and has a copy made. When he drops her off, he reveals he knows she has no furniture in her apartment, and she returns his
Affair of the Diamond Necklace Affair of the Diamond Necklace The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was an incident from 1784 through 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France involving his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. The reputation of the Queen, already tarnished by gossip, was ruined by the implication that she participated in a crime to defraud the crown jewelers of the cost of a very expensive diamond necklace. The Affair is historically significant as one of the events that led to the French populace's disillusionment with the monarchy, which, among other causes, eventually precipitated the French Revolution. In 1772, Louis XV