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Louvre heist: the turbulent history of the stolen royal jewels

It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of jewellery and royal regalia were stolen, in broad daylight and in a matter of minutes, from the Louvre’s gilded Gallery of Apollo in Paris. The theft of these items from one of the world’s most…

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A Reportedly "Cursed" $60 Million Royal Diamond Connected to Marie Antoinette Was Left Behind in Shocking Louvre Jewel Heist

Thieves didn't even attempt to touch this famous gemstone.

Marie Claire

Louvre museum major heist took between six and seven minutes

France's Interior Ministry said that around 9.30am several intruders forced open a window, stole jewels from vitrines and fled on two-wheelers.

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These 13 French Coins Are Worth Thousands, Including One up to $456K

If you're lucky enough to come across the right coin, you could become nearly half-a-million dollars richer.

GOBankingRates

Here’s What Cleopatra And Other Historical Figures Would Look Like Today

My name is Becca Saladin and I work full-time as a graphic designer. I started creating these images of reimagined historical figures as a hobby a little over a year ago. and just kept going.

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Versailles: Science and Splendour review – blazing breakthroughs from stuffed rhinos to anal ops

Science Museum, London Feats of hydraulic engineering, surgical innovations, midwifery machines … there was much more to the palace than Marie-Antoinette’s shepherdess cosplay

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Versailles at the Science Museum review: a beautiful show harking back to a time when science wasn't considered bleakly functional

4/5 This collection of artefacts from the French court marries cutting-edge (for the time) technology with beauty

Evening Standard

‘Photographs did not do it justice’: King Louis XV’s magnificent rhino is star of new London exhibition

After wowing the court of Versailles over 200 years ago, the jet-black beast is back in the spotlight at the Science Museum

The Guardian - UK

Good Luck Topping the 2024 Paris Olympics, Los Angeles

Equestrian events held at the Palace of Versailles are yet another example of France’s magnificent venues, which will be hard to outshine at the next Summer Games.

Sports Illustrated

Jeanne du Barry review – Johnny Depp is a lumpen Louis XV in passionless period drama

Maïwenn directs and stars as an 18th-century French courtesan in this lacklustre tale of scandal and sexual intrigue at Versailles

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Depp says he's not 'remotely close to normal' and fame can do 'funny things to a man'

Depp portrays the historical French ruler King Louis XV in new film Jeanne Du Barry

Evening Standard

Johnny Depp's Comeback Film Jeanne Du Barry Receives Mixed Reviews

Experience the captivating love story between a commoner and a king in the opulent French court of Versailles in the film Jeanne du Barry starring Johnny Depp.

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Johnny Depp's Comeback Film 'Jeanne Du Barry' Gets US Release

Experience the enchanting tale of 'Jeanne du Barry' starring Johnny Depp in theaters across the US on May 2, 2024, after its Cannes success.

Radio France Internationale

Podcast: British in France, returning human remains, the Comtesse du Barry

How British people in France have been navigating visiting and living in France since Brexit effectively ended their visa-free travel to Europe. What to do with the human remains in French museums? And the story behind Louis XV's third mistress, the Comtesse du Barry, and how her name got associated…

The Guardian - UK

The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789 by Robert Darnton review – power to the printed word

The Guardian - UK

The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Darnton review – a nation at breaking point

The intrigues and extravagance that led to the French revolution

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The Independent UK

Flower power and diplomacy: Versailles perfume gardens transport public back in time

The Versailles gardens were once famed as a symbol of the king’s expeditionary might and helped water-deprived courtiers perfume smelly skin

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See Johnny Depp Playing The Guitar While Rocking Fancy Clothes In BTS Video From His First Post-Trial Movie

Watch Johnny Depp strum a guitar while wearing his Jeanne du Barry costume while on set of his first post-trial movie.

Daily Mirror

Johnny Depp snubs his own movie party at Cannes Film Festival to 'protect' reputation

Johnny Depp stars as Louis XV in the French drama Jeanne du Barry - his first role since his defamation victory against ex-wife Amber Heard in 2022

Bangkok Post

Gay cowboys and glorious flesh

After the lukewarm opening film -- Maiwenn's Jeanne Du Barry, a fluffy costume drama starring Johnny Depp as King Louis XV -- the 76th Cannes Film Festival had its hottest ticket in a short film. Not just any short though: it's Pedro Almodovar's queer cowboy movie Strange Way Of Life,…

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp on his Cannes return and finding 'the basement to the bottom'

Just a year ago, the image of Johnny Depp smiling and waving atop the Palais steps at the Cannes Film Festival would have been unthinkable to most — including to Depp, himself

Evening Standard

Jeanne du Barry: Johnny Depp, its controversial director, and everything else we know about the Cannes film

Cannes’ opening film has set the festival alight

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Depp on comeback trail in Cannes amid criticism of festival organisers

With protesters banned, the premiere of Depp’s first film in three years saw him receive a seven-minute standing ovation – but opponents argue he is being given a free pass

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