On Sunday, shortly after the Louvre opened, four burglars made away with eight pieces of jewellery once belonging to French royalty, fleeing the museum on scooters. While experts say the priceless

According to The Royal Watcher, Eugénie also wore the Pearl Tiara for Napoleon III’s investiture into the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in 1855, during a State Visit to the United Kingdom. The royal couple eventually went into exile in 1870 after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.

The spectacular art heist at the Paris Louvre also affects Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: Among the stolen crown jewels is the tiara she wore at her 1980 wedding in Regensburg. The historical piece of jewelry made of pearls and diamonds once belonged to Empress Eugénie.

Empress Eugénie's 2,000-diamond tiara and the necklace from the sapphire set of Queen Marie-Amélie and Queen Hortense, made up of eight sapphires and 631 diamonds, were among the items stolen by a gang of four thieves who entered through a window.

Thieves have stolen “priceless” jewelry from the Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, in an audacious seven-minute raid on Sunday, the French interior minister has said.

Crafted by Garrard at the end of the 19th century, the tiara features diamond daisy, clover, and ivy leaf motifs set with large pearls, two of which are natural saltwater. The earliest recorded wearer was Lady Mabell Gore,

An extravagant pearl and diamond tiara, an heirloom of the Ogilvy family, is hitting the auction block. Its last owner, Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, died last year.