You wouldn’t imagine it possible.
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I just couldn’t resist it, so pretty I thought they won’t miss it
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May I please have whatever you decide that you don’t want?
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Unbelievable when you see the ladder there in broad daylight. Did people think it was a window cleaner?
I would, because Paris seems to the jewellery heist capital of the world. Not a month goes by….
I convinced myself this must be a lyric from a song, but can find no evidence….
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Good point, well made.
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Presumably to get in they pried open one of the louvres…
I’ll get my coat 
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Unless they are very thin or using a minkey, more than one Louvre. Currently they haven’t a Clouseau
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Pink Panther, my favourite.
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NYT article covering method.
Just in case.
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Who dares wins 
A couple of ballsy crooks against an army of complacent jobsworths, from the top to the bottom.
I have no interest whatsoever in these baubles and frippery, that goes for the stuff in the Tower of London too (albeit paste). If one thinks of the resources wasted on this stuff while the proles starved they are actually icons of power and suppression, not “art”.
I see this duo as champions of recycling.
When I was a teenager I would have naively lauded the gutsy perpetrators. It’s interesting that nigh on sixty years later, I haven’t changed 
I know it’s a historic building and therefore there may be limits on how much it can be modified, but it seems a trifle casual to keep the French crown jewels in a room whose windows can be opened in less than a minute with an angle grinder.
I know the French don’t plan on using their crown jewels, but equally I’m sure they’d rather they stayed in Paris.
I would not be surprised to see the jewels surface again for the coronation of Emperor Donald 1st. 
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A bit of video, it’s FB so could be fake.
A very disappointing attitude if you think it’s acceptable to break into a building that belongs to the nation, terrify the staff, and steal property that belongs to the nation.
How I hate that wretched word “heist”. It’s either a robbery or an aggravated burglary. In this case the latter as trespass was involved.
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You’ve gotta admit the thieves have a sense of humour… The vehicle used in the robbery was stolen from the town called Louvres 
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I know it’s wrong to giggle, and I have nothing but respect for your old profession Plod, and the protection of life and property.
But Francophile that I am, this is pure Pink Panther not Maigret.
Didn’t see any of that, or come to mention it any sign of security around. Oh well.
Off discussing whether to retire at 62 or 64.
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