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Louvre says crown crushed during heist can be restored

The crown of Empress Eugénie, the wife of Napoleon III, which had 1,354 diamonds, is largely intact and will be carefully repaired

The Independent UK · Feb 7

George Clooney Wants to Feature the Louvre Heist in Ocean's 14: 'It Was Cool'

George Clooney was impressed by the thieves behind the recent Louvre Heist.

International Business Times UK · Oct 25, 2025

Napoleon’s lavish diamond brooch could fetch £190k at auction

The brooch, made of nearly 100 diamonds, was abandoned by the emperor after the Battle of Waterloo

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

Napoleon's pistols sold for 1.7 million euros at French auction

Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros, the auction house said, with the government insisting that they stay in the country as 'national treasures'.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 9, 2024

Napoleon: ignore the griping over historical details, Ridley Scott's film is a meditation on the madness of power

While Ridley Scott’s Napoleon has been causing consternation among some historians, they are overlooking the fact that the historical record does actually support the film’s narrative in terms of one man taking power and shaping a new order during times of revolution and chaos.

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2023

Napoleon's hat sells for record sum at French auction

A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he was French emperor sold for a record of nearly two million euros at a French auction on Sunday, the auction house said.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 19, 2023

Napoleon: An Updated Cast List, Including Joaquin Phoenix

Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix have reunited for Napoleon, and they're working with an amazing ensemble cast.

Cinemablend · Nov 7, 2023

Small French towns send out big message in rejecting pension reforms

The recent protests and strikes making the headlines are in Paris and other big cities, but people in more than 200 towns in France took to the streets on Tuesday to oppose President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. In Compiègne – an imperial town some 90kms north of the capital, a…

Radio France Internationale · Feb 11, 2023