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None of these stories seem to actually have the items stolen. Most keep implying it was the three diamonds: Regent, Sancy, and Hortensia. However, Sky News ha
by araes 1y ago
None of these stories seem to actually have the items stolen. Most keep implying it was the three diamonds: Regent, Sancy, and Hortensia.
However, Sky News has an actual list. [1]
[1] https://news.sky.com/story/louvre-museum-in-paris-closed-after-robbery-13453106 https://news.sky.com/story/louvre-museum-in-paris-closed-aft...
Stolen and not retrieved
• Tiara from the set of Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense (img in article)[1]
• Necklace from the sapphire set of Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense (img in article)[1]
• Earring, from the pair belonging to the sapphire set of Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense (img in article)[1]
• Emerald necklace from the Empress Marie Louise set (img in article)[1]
• Pair of emerald earrings from the Empress Marie Louise set (img in article)[1]
• Brooch known as the "reliquary brooch" (img)[2]
• Tiara of Empress Eugenie (also referred to as a "diadem") (img)[3]
• Large corsage bow brooch of Empress Eugenie. (img in article)[1]
Stolen and found outside, broken
• Crown of Napoleon III's wife, Empress Eugenie (img)[4]
[2] https://thefrenchjewelrypost.com/content/uploads/2016/09/sandrine-merle-the-french-jewelry-post-eugenie-second-empire-4.jpg https://thefrenchjewelrypost.com/content/uploads/2016/09/san...
[3] https://thefrenchjewelrypost.com/content/uploads/2016/09/sandrine-merle-the-french-jewelry-post-diademe-eugenie.jpg https://thefrenchjewelrypost.com/content/uploads/2016/09/san...
[4] https://thefrenchjewelrypost.com/content/uploads/2016/09/sandrine-merle-the-french-jewelry-post-couronne.jpg https://thefrenchjewelrypost.com/content/uploads/2016/09/san...
EDIT: AP article appears to have been updated (at time of edit 8:25 PM GMT). Now lists items. Original comment was written ~7:00 PM GMT.
- armx40 1y agoSuch a shame that all these diamonds stolen from Indian temples and shit. Europeans in India were “theifing” around a lot.
- IAmBroom 1y agoDon't know why you're getting downvoted. The existing treasure vaults of former colonial empires are often made from stolen goods. Oh, and about those marble sculptures, Great Britain...
- hexbin010 1y agoTrust the Brits to list in excruciating detail exactly how the French messed up!
- master_crab 1y ago[flagged]
- homarp 1y ago"Eight objects were taken, according to officials: a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a matching set linked to 19th-century French queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense; an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife; a reliquary brooch; Empress Eugénie’s diadem; and her large corsage-bow brooch — a prized 19th-century imperial ensemble."
- mmooss 1y agoThat's wrong, at least as of now: The AP story in the current OP lists them.
- araes 1y agoAcknowledged. Saw the change on AP and made an edit. Original comment was written an hour or two ago.
- xtiansimon 1y agoRed team strikes again.