This picture shows the crown of the Empress of the French Eugénie de Montijo displayed at Apollon's Gallery on January 14, 2020 at the Louvre museum in Paris after the reopening of the Gallery following ten months of renovations. Robbers broke in to the Louvre and fled with jewellery on October 19, 2025 morning.(Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
Paris: French authorities on Sunday found a damaged 19th-century crown near the Louvre in Paris after the museum was robbed earlier in the day, a source following the case told AFP.
The crown once belonging to Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III, features golden eagles and is covered in 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds, according to the museum's website.
