You have probably seen the news about the French Crown Jewels. A few days ago, thieves broke into the Louvre in a brazen daylight robbery. With them went many of the crown jewels, a terrible loss.

People are often surprised that France even has crown jewels. Didn’t those go away with King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette?

I wrote about this a few months ago, but I thought it might be timely to republish that story. You can read it in France Today.