Sometimes called "Mrs. Scotland"[1] in the press, she had ties to a number of notable people and events, including British queens and the auction of the collections of King Farouk of Egypt.

Henry ran an antiques business out of a shop called The Luckenbooth[2][3] in Moubray House, the oldest building on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.

During the visit, Esta Henry took them to see the flat above the shop in Moubray House, where the Queen Mother said she "would like to live on the Royal Mile".

The aquamarine, diamond and platinum brooch was sold to Lee (in parts) for £60, by one of two men who had been sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh for the theft.

In England he became infamous for infiltrating high class society, committing robberies, and killing a number of his targets.

[7] According to A. M. Nicol in the 2011 book, The Monster Butler, Hall claimed that he planned the theft that was Scotland's biggest jewel robbery.

"[1] Henry spent over 10,000 pounds sterling at the auction held at the Koubbeh Palace in Cairo,[1] and purchased some items made in Britain; "It gives me pleasure to see rare treasures in their rightful places", she said.

[1] During the trip, Henry spoke to a group of women who were holding a starvation strike at the Cairo Press Club to gain the right to vote.

"[1] Henry performed secret acts of charity to local families, and was elected councillor to Edinburgh of one of the Canongate wards in 1936.

Haimovici appealed the order made by the Home Secretary, claiming that he would be put to death as anti-Communist if he was returned to Romania.

[22] Sculptor Benno Schotz created a piece called Paul and Esta Henry, shown at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1954.

[25] Esta and Paul Henry died on 17 January 1963, in an air crash in São Paulo, Brazil, returning from a "belated honeymoon".