Crown damaged in Louvre heist to be restored in ‘renaissance’

People queue to enter Le Louvre museum (Christophe Ena/AP)

The diamond and emerald-studded crown of Empress Eugenie, which was found damaged outside the Louvre after apparently being dropped during the October 19 robbery, will be restored as a symbol of “renaissance”, the museum’s director Laurence des Cars said.

Thieves made away with eight objects on display at the Paris museum, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century Queens Marie-Amelie and Hortense.