Crown Jewels
- Louvre tightens security after $102M jewel heist, installs bars on infamous window - A freight lift rose up on its crane Tuesday toward the Louvre Museum — but this time it wasn’t jewel thieves. It was workers installing security bars on the window used to break into the Paris landmark’s Apollo Gallery in October’s stunnin
- Louvre thieves escaped with just 30 seconds to spare, Senate inquiry finds - Thieves who stole more than $100 million in crown jewels from the Louvre in October escaped with barely 30 seconds to spare, a French Senate inquiry said Wednesday, as lawmakers detailed a cascade of security failures that allowed the gang
- Protesters ‘throw crumble and custard’ at Crown Jewels display case in Tower of London stunt - Take Back Power, which says it campaigns for higher taxes on the wealthy, claimed it was behind the act