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Here’s the latest on the theft of the royal family’s heirlooms and how much the missing items are worth.





The British royal family has an extensive collection of works of art, tapestries, ceramics, textiles, weapons, armor and more jewellery. Many objects from the royal collection have been loaned to museums around the world and recently thieves with axes made off with some heirlooms belonging to King Charles‘great-grandfather, King George V, and great-grandmother, Queen Mary.


Here’s more information about the crime, when it was committed and where the monarch was while the items were taken during a violent robbery in broad daylight.


The axe-wielding attackers stole heirlooms while the museum was open


Newsweek reported that the burglary occurred at the Musée Cognacq-Jay (Cognacq-Jay Museum) in Paris on November 20. It took place while King Charles was meeting in London with the Honorable Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and her husband, Tony Viscardi.


King Charles III shakes hands with Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, The Hon. Edith Dumont and her partner Tony Viscardi during an audience at Buckingham Palace
King Charles III shakes hands with Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, The Hon. Edith Dumont and her partner Tony Viscardi during an audience at Buckingham Palace | Aaron Chown – WPA Pool/Getty Images

The brazen robbery did not take place after hours or under the cover of darkness; the thieves actually committed the crime while the museum was full of visitors and guards were present. The burglars burst past the people and smashed open the glass display cases with axes.


According to French media, authorities addressed the “violent robbery” in a statement, saying: “The theft of seven works of art, including snuff boxes of great historical and heritage value, on loan from the Louvre, the Royal Collection Trust and The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the Luxe de poche exhibition.


“Investigations related to the investigation and assessment of this immense loss are ongoing. Paris Musées and the City of Paris strongly condemn this criminal act and reaffirm their support to the staff present, who demonstrated great professionalism and an exemplary attitude in the face of this situation.”


How much the stolen pieces are valued


Two of the stolen items were pieces on loan from The Royal Collection Trust.


The Cognacq-Jay Museum, Hôtel Donon in Paris
The Cognacq-Jay Museum, Hôtel Donon in Paris | Karine Maucotel / Musée Cognacq Jay / Roger Viollet via Getty Images

One was a snuff box that was a gift for King Charles’ great-grandfather, George V, on his 55th birthday in 1920. It is described as a “cartouche-shaped, gold and lapis lazuli snuff box with tapered sides and an oval agate base. ”


The second stolen snuff box was purchased by Queen Mary in 1932. The Royal Collection Trust has described it as a snuffbox of green jasper, mounted with gold rims, delicately chased with flowers and leaves in multicolored gold. This spectacular bloodstone box is inlaid with almost three thousand diamonds, with subtly colored foils on the back in shades of pink and yellow… The snuff box is unique among the surviving boxes of Frederick the Great because of both the elaborately chased multi-colored gold frames and the particularly lavish use of it. of diamonds.”


The stolen boxes are worth approximately $1 million. The museum in the French capital will remain closed until December 10 while the investigation into the robbery continues.




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