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Diamond thrills - Now it's rent a rock: Luxury jeweller loans diamond necklaces for £200 a night for diamonds rental

By Clover Stroud found on 07th December 2009 at dailymail.co.uk photos Ben Lister

Radiant: Clover Stroud wears a Diamondthrills necklace and bracelet

‘Have you had Botox? You look different. You don’t usually look so...’

The fashion magazine editor I’m chatting to pauses and takes another swig of champagne, clearly struggling to find the right word.

‘Radiant,’ she says. ‘You’re glowing.’ I beam back. She’s not the first person to praise my appearance this evening.

The secret behind the source of all these compliments is a lot more expensive than a few shots of Botox.

Diamonds - in my case a £39,000 diamond necklace draped around my decolletage, and a £40,000 chunky diamond and white gold bangle on my wrist - really are a girl’s best friend.

Sadly, I have not won the lottery. These diamonds are mine for one night only, hired from Diamond Thrills, which specialises in hiring out luxury jewellery.

At £200 to hire a necklace or bracelet worth tens of thousands of pounds, it’s a relatively cheap way of looking a million dollars.

Jamie Mordaunt, who set up the firm, agrees to deliver the diamonds as I’m getting ready for the party. I’ve never owned a diamond and I’m dazzled by the glitter laid out before me.

It’s not the size of the stones that impresses me, but the way they catch the light.

I feel like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman in the scene where Richard Gere presents her with a diamond necklace. 

I am nervous walking around London in enough diamonds to pay off my mortgage.

The effect the diamonds have on the people around me is remarkable.

At St Pancras, I trot into a café to ask directions. The waiter points me in the right direction and I see him clocking my wrist several times, sending me on my way with several ‘Ciao bellas!’. 

A-wristing! A gem-packed Diamondthrills bracelet

Princess for a day: A Diamondthrills tiara

I’m told more times than I can count how well and happy I look. But as the party ends, the diamond magic does, too.

On the stroke of 10pm, James returns, briefcase in hand, to claim his diamonds. Luckily, there’s enough champagne to compensate for the fact I have to lose my jewels.

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