ADVERTISEMENT Dame Shirley Bassey’s jewellery collection has broken a world record in Paris, with the auction of some of her "most meaningful" jewels selling for a total of €2.2 million. The famous Welsh singer, 87, famously sang about diamonds in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever , but began collecting jewellery before her singing career took off. Speaking prior to the auction, she said: “I fell in love with jewellery when I first discovered natural pearls as an up-and-coming