king jortgeorge iv and then hen phillip pope owned it and gave it its name and the 65 carat diamond now was 45.5 carats. it ended up in london and it was recut to disguise the diamond so it could be resold. chris: that is not just a guess. the smithsonian did computer modeling to show the hope diamond fits perfectly inside the french blue, which fits inside the original gem, famed jeweler pierre cartier soemd to it evelyn walsh mcclain for $180,000 plus diamonds she strayeded and cartier seems to have invented a curse to go with it. evelyn walsh mcclain wore it is everywhere and it is hard to find a picture of her after she purchased the diamond in which she s not wearing it. chris: gem merchant harry wynton donated the hope diamond to the museum in 1958, where it now sits in an impregnable glass