Here are five things to know about the eight priceless pieces of jewellery stolen in an audacious heist from the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday.

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The stolen pieces span two centuries of history and belonged to queens and empresses of France.

Empress Eugenie’s tiara and crown were crafted by the renowned jeweller Alexandre-Gabriel Lemonnier shortly after her marriage to Napoleon III in 1853.

Both pieces were stolen, but the crown was abandoned by the thieves as they fled.

“This tiara is the one that she wore almost daily at court and that can be seen in her official portraits. She valued it greatly,” Pierre Branda, a historian and scientific director of the Napoleon Foundation, told AFP.

Also snatched from the museum was a necklace and earrings sapphire set worn by Qu

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