PARIS — The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France's royals could well be gone forever, experts said Tuesday after a brazen, four-minute heist in broad daylight left the nation stunned and the government struggling to explain a new debacle at the Louvre. kAmt249 DE@=6? A:646 — 2? 6>6C2=5 ?64<=246 2?5 62CC:?8D[ EH@ 4C@H?D[ EH@ 3C@@496D[ 2 D2AA9:C6 ?64<=246 2?5 2 D:?8=6 62CC:?8 — C6AC6D6?ED E96 A:??24=6 @7 `hE9 46?EFCJ “92FE6 ;@2:==6C:6[” @C 7:?6 ;6H6=CJ] qFE 7@C E96 C@J2=D[ E96J H6C6 >@C6 E92? 564@C2E:@?] %96 A:646D H6C6 A@=:E:42= DE2E6>6?ED @7 uC2?46VD H62=E9[ A@H6C 2?5 4F=EFC2= :>A@CE] p?5 E96J 2C6 D@ D:8?:7:42?E E92E E96J H6C6 2>@?8 E96 EC62DFC6D D2G65 7C@> E96 8@G6C?>6?EVD `ggf 2F4E:@? @7 >@DE C@J2= ;6H6=D]k^Am kAm{2FC6 q644F2F[ E96 !2C:D AC@D64FE@C H9@
France's crown jewels likely gone forever after Louvre theft

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