1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: We've got a big high at the Louver in Paris. 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: Kevin Gray is a UK europe correspondent. Kevin, do we 3 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: know what these thieves got away with? Well? Ran. The 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: police have been a bit vague at the moment, but 5 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: it's thought to be relating to the former royal family 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: of France. Indeed, it is said that they dropped a 7 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: very very valuable piece of jewelry that was the crown 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: of the wife of Napoleon. So these artworks were very 9 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: very well regarded among the antique world. They were ancient, 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: they were very important to France, and yet they were 11 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: taken from the Louver. The Louver is the world's most 12 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: popular museum, draws up to thirty thousand visitors a day, 13 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: and as they were opening for business today, just before that, 14 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, it's thought three maybe four men 15 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: wearing hoods broke in via unbelievably a sort of a 16 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: lifted hydraulic platform that was parked outside on the River 17 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: Sains side of the Louver, and then used cutters to 18 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: effectively get in through a window and then just take 19 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: what they could. And it appears that they've got away 20 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: with quite a lot of very very valuable and important jewelry, 21 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: nine pieces in total, including a necklace, approach and the 22 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: tiara from the Napoleon and French Sovereigns display cases. It's 23 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: been reported by the Parisian newspaper. It's thought two suspects inside, 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: the third state outside. They all got away on a 25 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: motorbike and the museum has been shut the rest of 26 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 1: the day, but not before a huge amount of panic 27 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: when people queuing to get in all of a sudden 28 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: were told to evacuate the building as soon as possible. 29 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,559 Speaker 1: A massive manhunt now underway in Paris. Given what about 30 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: Prince Andrew. He's going to not use his titles anymore, 31 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: but there's more headlines about him, there are, I'm afraid, 32 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: And this comes ahead of Tuesday's publication of Virginia Giufrey's memoir. 33 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: I remember Virginia Jeufrey was the woman who accused Prince 34 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: Andrew of having sex with her when she was seventeen, 35 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: saying she was effectively trafficked by the late disgraced financier 36 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein. So we're waiting to find out watts in 37 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: the book. In the meantime, we're getting more and more information. Yes, 38 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: Prince Andrew has decided to completely step back from the 39 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: royal family. It was said, in conjunction and consultation with 40 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: the King he was going to not use his titles anymore. 41 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: I think we can read between the lines. The King 42 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: told him he was not going to use his titles anymore. 43 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,239 Speaker 1: But now we're also getting reports that Prince Andrew asked 44 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: a London police officer to dig the dirt on Virginia 45 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: Dufrey just before that famous picture which shows him with 46 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: his arm around her waist, a picture which he says 47 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: has been photoshopped and he never met Virginia Dufrey. To 48 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: be clear, Prince Andrew says he has nothing to be 49 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: ashamed of. He's not hidden anything regarding this, and that 50 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: he never met Virginia de Frey. But it looks like 51 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: this latest thing about asking a police officer is yet 52 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: more trouble for him and further problems for the King 53 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: as he tries to distance himself from his younger brother. Gavin. 54 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: Thank you, Gavin Gray are UK. You're a correspondent. For 55 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live to 56 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: news Talks it'd be from five am weekdays, or follow 57 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.