Marie Antoinette's travel bag fetches nearly £40,000 at Paris auction

Embroidered serviette used during coronation also went for several times its estimate

A travel bag belonging to Marie Antoinette has sold for more than five times its estimate in an auction of royal memorabilia near her one-time home in Versailles.

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