According to the authorities, eight items were taken, including diadems (a jewelled headband), necklaces, ear-rings and brooches. All are from the 19th century, and once belonged to French royalty or imperial rulers.

France's ministry of culture said the stolen items were:

• A tiara and brooch belonging to Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III


• An

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Someone walked into the Louvre — in broad daylight — spent roughly the length of a rushed matcha run in a jewellery case, and walked out moments later with the French Crown Jewels