According to reports, former US president, Bill Clinton, holds shares worth up to $250,000 in British jeweller Garrard of Bond Street – which was appointed Crown Jeweller by Queen Victoria in 1843.

The investment was revealed after his wife, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, senator Hillary Clinton, filed a routine statement of personal financial assets with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

The FT report also noted that “the Clintons” dissolved a blind trust worth between $5 million and $25 million, which included holdings in several large corporations, including oil companies, defence contractors, and retail giant, Wal-Mart.