Theft of precious jewels from Louvre may include the 'Pitt Diamond' UPDATE
- RW
- 19 hours ago
- 1 min read
Updated: 30 minutes ago
The Louve has now listed the jewels stolen and the crown of Empress Eugenie was lifted but damaged and left behind.
Le Parisien has confirmed the Regent Diamond (before 1717, the Pitt Diamond) has NOT been stolen.
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Thieves broke into Paris's Louvre museum at about 09:30 local time this morning, gaining access to the Gallery of Apollo on the south side. The Louvre have not revealed which gems were stolen but the most precious items kept there were the Regent, Satncy and the Hortensia diamonds.
The first of these, the Regency diamond, is set in the Greek diadem of Empress Eugenie and was once owned by Thomas Pitt of Mawarden Court, Stratford sub Castle. The Regent was The Duke d' Orleans Philippe II, Regent of France for the young King Louis XV from 1715 to 1723 and he bought it from Thomas “Diamond” Pitt in 1717.
A fuller history of the diamond is available here:
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