The crown was reportedly found damaged in the Louvre robbery. In a shocking daytime heist at France’s Louvre Museum, thieves stole nine pieces of jewelry from the Apollo Gallery, which is home to the French Crown Jewels. One of those pieces stolen was reportedly Empress Eugenie’s crown, which was later found damaged outside the museum.

The precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum on Sunday include an emerald necklace gifted by Napoleon to his second wife and other priceless jewels.

Museum security concerns rise after the latest Louvre robbery, as experts recall other major art thefts, including the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's still-unsolved heist from 1990.

A crown that once belonged to Empress Eugenie of France was damaged by thieves during Sunday's heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

While it is not clear what other items were stolen, the room the thieves targeted usually houses three historical diamonds and an emerald-and-diamond necklace

The Empress received its third and final season renewal in January of this year, and filming finally began as early as September 2025. Now, part way filming,

The Imperial Household Agency has released its official biography of the late Empress Nagako, known posthumously as Kojun, that fills in historical gaps of her life and roles during Japan's imperial age to its defeat in World War II.

Among the jewels stolen in the Louvre heist on October 19, 2025, was a bow brooch once owned by Empress Eugenie and New York Socialite Caroline Astor.