{"id":1076,"date":"2025-10-23T05:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2025-10-23T05:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:38:17","slug":"thieves-steal-valuable-jewels-from-louvre-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/thieves-steal-valuable-jewels-from-louvre-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves Steal Valuable Jewels From Louvre Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On October 19, 2025, thieves stole valuable<\/strong> royal jewellery <\/strong>from the Louvre Museum in Paris in a fast and daring <\/strong>robbery. The crime happened in broad daylight<\/strong> and took only seven minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four masked robbers used a lift to reach <\/strong>a second-floor window of the museum. They wore construction vests <\/strong>to blend in<\/strong> and used tools to break in. Once inside, they smashed glass cases and grabbed eight pieces of historic jewellery. Then they escaped <\/strong>on motorbikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stolen items included a sapphire tiara<\/strong>, emerald necklaces, diamond brooches<\/strong>, and other pieces once owned by French royals like Empress Eug\u00e9nie and Queen Marie-Am\u00e9lie. One crown was dropped during the escape and later found damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police are investigating<\/strong>, but experts say the jewels are too famous to sell easily. There\u2019s concern <\/strong>the thieves might break them apart to hide their origin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Emmanuel Macron called the theft <\/strong>an attack on France\u2019s history and promised to catch those responsible<\/strong>. The Louvre is now closed while the investigation continues<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stolen Tiara From Louvre Museum<\/strong>
Image: Louvre Museum<\/a>, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • blend in<\/strong> = so that you do not notice them<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • broad daylight<\/strong> = during daytime and for everyone to see<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • brooch <\/strong>= a piece of jewellery that you fasten to your clothes, usually worn by women<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • concern <\/strong>= worry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • daring <\/strong>= with a lot of risk and danger<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • escape <\/strong>= get away<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • investigate <\/strong>= to try to find out who the thieves were<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • jewellery <\/strong>= small things that you wear on your hand or neck, like rings, necklaces etc…<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • origin <\/strong>= where they came from<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • reach <\/strong>= get to<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • responsible <\/strong>= here: the ones to blame<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • royal <\/strong>= from a king or a queen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • sapphire tiara<\/strong> = a small crown made of bright blue jewels<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • theft <\/strong>= the crime of stealing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • valuable <\/strong>= worth a lot of money<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • vest <\/strong>= clothes that you wear to protect the upper part of your body<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    On October 19, 2025, thieves stole valuable royal jewellery from the Louvre Museum in Paris in a fast and daring robbery. The crime happened in broad daylight and took only seven minutes. Four masked robbers used a lift to reach a second-floor window of the museum. They wore construction vests to blend in and used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,46],"tags":[195,196,126],"class_list":["post-1076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-architecture","category-europe","tag-art","tag-france","tag-museum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}