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Nine priceless items from the French Crown Jewels have been stolen by masked robbers from the Galerie d'Apollon of the Musée du Louvre!
Empress Eugénie’s Pearl Tiara, the Tiara, Necklace and Earrings of the Orléans Sapphire Parure, Empress Marie-Louise’s Emerald Parure, Empress Eugénie’s Diamond Bow Brooch and Diamond Reliquary Brooch have been stolen in the robbery.
Link: https://royalwatcherblog.com/2025/10/19/french-crown-jewels-stolen-from-the-louvre/
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0:04
Hello everyone and welcome back to
0:06
another episode of the Royal Watcher
0:07
podcast where Sam and I are here to talk
0:10
about some really devastating news.
0:12
Whereas this week um nine pieces from
0:15
the priceless French crown jewels on
0:17
display and the Apollo gallery at the
0:19
Louv have been dramatically stolen by
0:22
mass robbers and are still at large at
0:25
this point.
0:26
Yeah, I mean I know there's more
0:28
devastating things going on in the
0:29
world, but this is really it's a tragedy
0:32
for the historical uh and the jewelry
0:35
community. So yeah, this is this is a
0:38
shock to say the least.
0:41
Oh, it definitely is. I think uh
0:43
especially the fact that these jewels
0:45
were in one of the uh if not the most
0:47
famous museum in the world and had such
0:50
a varied and storied history and as
0:52
we'll talk about in a bit they the
0:54
collection had been torn apart and
0:56
stolen and brought back together. So the
0:58
fact that they are again kind of their
1:00
uh future is on the line that is really
1:02
devastating at a time where we thought
1:04
that they would be safe in the cultural
1:06
heritage of France and I think in
1:08
general the world and all the people
1:10
that wore these and trade them and
1:12
bought them that represented. So it's a
1:15
loss for I think history and culture and
1:19
the wider kind of um general feeling we
1:22
had towards that.
1:23
Yeah. And I just for people of a nervous
1:25
disposition, I'm gonna try not to swear,
1:27
but I might swear. So just warning you
1:29
now.
1:31
Yes. So um I think let's start with the
1:33
next slide and just talk a bit about the
1:35
gallery
1:37
uh where the uh jewels were displayed
1:39
the gallery in the Palma the Apollo
1:41
gallery. It was created for Louis the
1:44
14th by Charles Leun in 1661.
1:48
And uh it basically is served as the
1:52
model for the hall of mirrors in
1:53
Versailles. That's why it does look so
1:55
familiar. But I like the hall of
1:56
mirrors. This was not completed for
1:58
almost two centuries. So they have the
2:00
original plans and it took until 1851
2:02
after a series of revolutions and new
2:05
kings and emperors to finally finish
2:07
this. And the remaining French jewels to
2:10
talk about but they have been on display
2:12
in this gallery since 1887.
2:15
Yes, it's an absolutely stunning room.
2:17
Um but the the main draw was the jewels.
2:20
Um and when you do walk into this you
2:22
know cavernous beautifully decorated
2:24
room it does dawn on you how little is
2:28
left or is now left of the royal jewels
2:32
of France.
2:34
No, it is uh I think the g room itself
2:37
it does get a bit overshadowed by the
2:38
jewels inside it, but it is such an
2:41
architectural masterpiece and I think
2:43
one of the most famous rooms in France
2:44
and it was u restored a few years ago
2:47
when new um cases for all the jewelry
2:50
were put in and this is um very
2:54
kind of u disturbing to think how it's
2:56
um gone. So, um, this gallery was, um,
3:00
renovated right before the pandemic, and
3:03
that's when I first saw it. And, um, at
3:06
that point, they updated the jewelry
3:07
cases to be more secure and have, um, I
3:11
think the way they described was more in
3:13
touch with modern issues and to be more
3:16
uh, uh, protect the jewels and display
3:18
them in a better way. But, as you've
3:21
seen, they were not effective at all.
3:24
No. And I think that that's one of the
3:26
most shocking things about this robbery
3:28
is how it wasn't in the least bit
3:31
sophisticated. Um I know a lot of people
3:33
have sort of compared it to a plot line
3:36
from Ocean one of the Oceans films. Um
3:39
but I'm afraid there was no sort of
3:40
break dancing through lasers. The
3:42
thieves apparently used a ladder,
3:45
climbed up to a window, and smashed
3:48
their way in. And then it took 7 minutes
3:50
to steal what they wanted to steal
3:52
before they managed to escape the
3:54
building and ride off on motorbikes. So,
3:58
you know, these quote unquote security
4:00
measures that were renovated just
4:03
completely were foiled by the most
4:06
simplistic smash and grab robbers.
4:10
I mean it is really shocking and I think
4:12
if you go to the next slide you'll see
4:14
how close the windows were to the
4:16
jewelry cases where it is really the Lou
4:18
is right in the center of Paris. There's
4:20
public roads and pathways running all
4:22
alongside it. So it is very hard to
4:24
secure a building this size and this uh
4:27
historical um importance and everything.
4:30
But I think we would have expected that
4:33
Lou would have state-of-the-art security
4:34
measures and everything. But I think
4:36
from reports coming out, it seems that
4:38
the security system and the cameras and
4:40
everything had been down since a cyber
4:42
attack just a few days before and they
4:44
had not been updated at all. So I think
4:46
it is very lax on the French authorities
4:49
and the people protecting the Lou that
4:51
this sort of thing could happen and it's
4:53
very much on their watch.
4:55
It's just it's very shocking. You know,
4:57
as someone who's worked in the jewelry
4:58
trade, Touchwood, I've luckily never
5:00
been involved in a robbery. But even the
5:03
most run-of-the-mill small family-owned
5:06
jewelry shops, in order for them to get
5:08
insurance, they have to have um, you
5:12
know, protected glass systems. You have
5:14
to have an alarm, you have to, you know,
5:16
if a robbery does happen, the shutters
5:19
come down immediately. Um, a lot of
5:21
places use uh like a smart water system
5:24
now, which is where anything stolen is
5:26
sprayed with dye, so it can't be resold
5:30
in theory. So, you know, the the jewelry
5:34
gallery of the Lou, you'd think would
5:36
even have the one something from that
5:39
list, something even basic such as a
5:41
shutter system, but that's just wasn't
5:44
there.
5:46
Yeah, I think uh more than the theft
5:49
itself, it's what's shocking is the way
5:51
it was allowed to happen and the systems
5:54
that should have prevented this were
5:55
just not in place at all. And I think
5:57
the Louv and other museums around the
6:00
world, they should really overhaul their
6:01
security measures and make sure this
6:03
sort of thing never happens again.
6:05
No. And I mean, I've always I've never
6:08
been a fan of the VNA's jewel room. Uh
6:10
just where it is, not the stuff inside.
6:12
Love that. Um, but I completely
6:14
understand why it is where it is. It's
6:15
centrally located in the middle of the
6:17
museum. It's got two entrances, shutters
6:20
on both ends. Um, you know, if anything
6:23
was to happen, they wouldn't get they'd
6:25
never make it near um an exit. So, kudos
6:30
to the VNA.
6:32
Yes. No. And I think um while we're
6:35
talking about the physical act of the
6:37
threat itself, what is almost a miracle
6:40
is the fact that one of the pieces was
6:42
recovered which you can see right on the
6:44
screen which is Empress Hojian's crown
6:47
that somehow they managed to drop or
6:50
they left behind or it was out of the
6:53
case and it has been damaged to some
6:55
point but it has been recovered which I
6:57
think is a small miracle all things
7:00
considered.
7:01
small miracle maybe.
7:03
I know it is one of those things where
7:06
um we'll talk about the rest of the
7:08
jewelry in a bit but let's start with
7:09
the crown itself which was one of those
7:12
pieces that the French uh republic
7:14
actually returned to Empress Oji. She
7:16
gave it to one of her nieces and she is
7:18
the one who sold it to the Louv in 1988
7:22
and since then it's been on display. It
7:24
did have um a very historical
7:27
connotation but as we'll talk about a
7:28
lot of these pieces they had left the
7:30
collection of the French government and
7:32
the French nation and had long private
7:35
collections a lot of it has been bought
7:37
back piece by piece so to see it being
7:39
dispersed again that is such a disaster.
7:42
Yeah, I mean one of the things I
7:43
lamented from the uh Maranet auction was
7:46
that these pieces were not going to go
7:48
back to the Lou um so they could be
7:51
enjoyed by the public but maybe that was
7:53
for the best.
7:55
I know definitely. So let's move on to
7:57
the next slide where we see in my eyes
8:00
this is really the highlight of the
8:02
pieces that were taken. It is Empress
8:05
Oji's magnificent pearl tiara which
8:08
really is the most striking piece when
8:10
you see it in person. Yeah, it's
8:11
beautiful. It's one of my favorite
8:12
tiaras.
8:14
Yes. And it had quite a interesting
8:16
history because the pearls in it
8:18
belonged to Empress Marie Louise and the
8:21
Princess Royal who was the daughter of
8:23
Queen Marie Antonette. And they were
8:24
part of the crown jewels and in 1853
8:27
they were fashioned into this tiara to
8:30
mark the marriage of Emperor Napoleon
8:33
III and the Spanish Countess Ojenei. She
8:36
wore it quite often for some of her most
8:39
uh famous paintings including one by
8:41
Winter Halter and then it because it was
8:43
part of the crown jewels it remained in
8:45
France. It was displayed in the Lou for
8:47
a few years before they decided to sell
8:49
it in 1887 on auction. Um a few years
8:53
later acquired by the princy house of
8:55
turn in Texas and they had it for over a
8:58
century. is most famously worn by
9:00
Princess Gloria for her wedding and her
9:03
husband's 60th birthday ball when she
9:05
dressed up like Marianette and she
9:07
mistakenly often called this
9:08
Marianette's pearl tiara until they
9:11
decided to auction it off in 1992 and
9:14
then it was confirmed that it's Empress
9:16
Ojene and since then it's been in the
9:18
Lou and it's really one of the
9:19
highlights of the collection
9:21
it's such a well was a magnificent piece
9:24
you know if you like you said the pearls
9:26
came from the anon regime was, you know,
9:30
the tiara itself is crafted in the
9:33
fashion of the third empire. Um, and
9:36
yeah, now it's I don't even want to
9:39
think.
9:39
Hopefully still exists.
9:42
I think one of the things that we keep
9:44
on wishing is that whoever the black
9:47
market dealer everyone is hopefully
9:49
there's someone with taste that they
9:51
would not destroy the jewels and would
9:53
want them intact for their historical
9:55
value rather than just the value the
9:57
stones and stuff. Well, we can get into
9:58
that later, but h
10:01
yes, but that is a disclaimer we want to
10:04
put out there. And then on the next
10:05
slide, we see the other magnificent set
10:07
of jewels which are the um Orlon
10:11
sapphire per which is one of those
10:13
historic pieces which um came from
10:15
Empress Josephine's daughter and the
10:18
stones were acquired by the house of
10:19
Orlons. They were worn by queen Marie
10:21
Emily who was the last queen of France
10:24
and then passed down through the house
10:25
of Orlons until 1985 when they were sold
10:28
to the Louvre again at to be enjoyed by
10:31
the nation. That was the reason the
10:33
Count of Paris sold it well below market
10:36
value because they wanted it to be
10:38
basically part of the French national
10:40
heritage. And this is one of those
10:42
pieces where they took the tiara, the
10:45
necklace, and one of the earrings, but
10:47
it appears on the other earring and
10:50
three brooches do still remain. So,
10:52
there is a little bit of a small victory
10:55
there, but not much.
10:56
Not much. And those stones are
10:58
incredible in themselves. Those are
11:00
salon sapphires. Um, they, you know, if
11:04
you think about the world when Napoleon
11:06
gave these stones to Josephine, what it
11:09
would have taken to mine those stones,
11:11
cut those stones, bring them to France.
11:14
They're just And they're beautiful.
11:16
Well, they were I'm going to be having
11:18
to use the past tense so much here, but
11:20
they were absolutely beautiful blue
11:23
sapphires. They're just unmatched
11:28
really. And seeing them in person was
11:30
just so breathtaking cuz the tiara
11:33
itself is quite unimpressive I think
11:34
because of its smaller size in contrast
11:36
to the emerald and the pro tiaras.
11:38
But the size of the sapphires that and
11:41
the clarity and the color that just
11:42
beats everything else.
11:43
Yeah.
11:45
Just spectacular.
11:47
No. And then we go on to the other par
11:49
that has been taken which is uh Empress
11:52
Marie Louise's Emerald Power. And this
11:54
is one of those pieces that she actually
11:57
left to her um family in Austria. So
12:02
passed down the house of Hapsburg. And
12:04
it's actually one of those pieces that I
12:05
had been planning on featuring for an
12:07
article in the next few weeks. But the
12:10
uh tiara and necklace were separated at
12:12
some point in the ' 50s when the tiara
12:14
went to America where I believe it was
12:16
Harry Winston or Wan Clee who took out
12:20
the emeralds and replaced them with
12:21
turquoise. and that's now on display at
12:23
the Smithsonian in DC. But the emerald
12:26
necklace and earrings, they were
12:28
acquired through a few owners by the
12:30
Louv at some point in the 70s. So this
12:32
was really one of the last surviving um
12:34
pieces of that once amazing power. And
12:37
to see it now kind of lost is again
12:39
another tragedy. And again, stones like
12:42
that, beautiful large huge emeralds, uh,
12:46
probably Colombian, I would I would
12:48
think, you know, traveling to 18th,
12:51
whatever century France.
12:54
Oh gosh, what a history.
12:58
Exactly. And I think as we go through
13:01
these what is not the material value or
13:05
I think the intrinsing kind of
13:07
historical value. It is basically that
13:09
these were not just royal jewels or
13:12
valuable things. They were pieces that
13:14
represent different cultures and
13:16
societies all over the ages and the if
13:18
you think about the way that these
13:20
jewels survived over so many years and
13:22
exiles and stuff like that. It's they
13:25
were a testament to an earlier age. Now,
13:28
the fact that they may no longer be with
13:31
us, that is quite sad to think about.
13:33
That's Yeah, it's just devastating. I
13:34
mean, it's sort of the history of the
13:36
world in an object um that you can't
13:39
replace. You just can't replace. Even if
13:41
they put replicas in there, it's just
13:44
not it's not the same.
13:47
Exactly. No, I totally agree. And then
13:49
we move on to the next bit where we see
13:52
what is my favorite jewel among the
13:55
crown pieces in the loop which was
13:57
Empress Ojani's magnificent diamond bow
13:59
brooch which is really the most
14:01
spectacular piece when you see it in
14:03
person and the diamonds uh are it was
14:07
always set in a way where the diamonds
14:09
would be moving so you could see the
14:10
different glimmer of light and each
14:12
facet catching light which was really
14:14
the most extraordinary thing to see. And
14:16
this piece belonged uh was apparently
14:18
acquired for Caroline Aster at the 1887
14:22
auction and then it belonged to the
14:24
Countess Beach for almost a century
14:27
before uh somehow passed through various
14:30
owners in the 80s and 90s and eventually
14:32
entered the Lou only in 2008. So quite a
14:35
relatively recent acquisition and it had
14:38
been on display
14:40
right with other jewels of everojuni
14:41
like the pearl tiara the crown and the
14:44
next piece we'll discuss but this is I
14:46
in my opinion this was the most
14:47
magnificent of those jewels aside from
14:49
the tiaras
14:50
I mean it's so beautiful and again just
14:52
tells such an amazing story of um you
14:55
know civilization to pass from you know
14:58
a dying empire in France to new
15:00
moneyasters in America and then to to
15:04
return to where it was supposed to be
15:05
seen. And now, you know, does this theft
15:09
symbolize a new age of just
15:12
not going to swear?
15:14
You know what I mean? It's like it's
15:16
it's so symbolic of where we're going
15:18
with art and culture.
15:21
I know it's this whole um incident has
15:24
really been a time to reflect on kind of
15:27
the future and what that holds for
15:29
objects and collections like these. And
15:31
I think this will change so much going
15:34
on from now. So
15:36
that is kind of a sign of we have kind
15:38
of seen and I was lucky to see this a
15:42
few months ago in Paris and you saw them
15:44
just a few years ago. So we are lucky to
15:46
have seen them but who knows hopefully
15:48
we aren't the last people but it does
15:50
make one wonder how much we kind of take
15:53
these sorts of collections and museums
15:55
for granted and things may change very
15:57
soon.
16:01
And then from here we move on to the
16:03
last piece that was uh taken which is
16:06
this magnificent diamond stomach which
16:08
belonged to Empress Ojini. And this uh
16:12
contained two of the mazerin diamonds
16:15
which were bequeeed by the cardinal to I
16:19
um the king of France in the 1660s I
16:22
believe. And that is one of those kind
16:24
of pieces from the original French crown
16:26
jewels that uh were refashioned into
16:29
this jewel for Empress Oceaning. And
16:32
then this is actually one of the
16:33
interestingly the few pieces that was
16:36
not sold in 1887 auction. And this was
16:39
something that they had consigned to the
16:40
Lou back then as well. So this gives you
16:43
just an idea of how important it was for
16:45
the collection and the historical
16:47
significance to France. Oh, just don't
16:49
just just reminding me that they're
16:51
Mazaran diamonds. You know, if you
16:54
if anyone doesn't know, Cardinal Mazaran
16:56
was one of the first uh gem major gem
16:58
collectors in history. And his
17:01
collection was just surpassed couldn't
17:04
be surpassed at the time. Probably could
17:06
be now, but just oh the historical
17:10
background of these stones just it makes
17:15
sorry.
17:17
This episode is a test in our patience.
17:19
Oh, it's fast. It's testing my language.
17:21
I know.
17:23
I know. And then we're on to the last
17:25
slide where we just reflect on kind of
17:27
what a loss this is.
17:29
I mean, where where do you start? It's
17:32
just like the, you know, the the the
17:35
French royal family for up until the
17:38
1789 revolution were the taste makers of
17:42
Europe. You know, everyone sent their um
17:44
servants there to be trained. Everyone
17:46
copied their fashions. Um, pains me to
17:48
say this as a British person, but French
17:50
jewelers are the best. They were the
17:52
best then and they're the best now.
17:54
After the French Revolution, the, you
17:57
know, the splendor of Asai was all
18:00
right, maybe rightly dispersed and used
18:03
to feed the people. But it they, you
18:07
know, the collection was dispersed in
18:08
such a way that you can't they couldn't
18:10
get it back. I mean, you know, the Hope
18:11
Diamond is supposed to be
18:14
was owned by the French kings. Um, you
18:16
know, Marianette's jewels, I mean, most
18:19
of them disappeared thankfully. Some of
18:21
them went to her daughter eventually,
18:22
and that's where we get the got the
18:24
collection from the Borb and Palmer
18:26
auction that happened a few years ago.
18:29
Um, you know, and then you think about
18:31
the Napoleonic jewels. I mean, luckily,
18:33
a lot of them are now with the um
18:35
Josephine's descendants in Sweden and
18:37
Denmark um and some in Norway. Um but
18:40
you know Napoleon III's collection
18:42
empressi had you went you know was at
18:46
pains to try and rebuild the French
18:48
jewel collection where it was all
18:50
dispersed in the 1887 auction with most
18:53
of it going to America and most of it
18:55
you know being seen uh on the the new
18:58
money families of the robber barons and
19:01
you know like we said piece by piece
19:03
they were slowly returning to the louv
19:06
because they are cultural were cultural
19:09
representations of the skills of the
19:11
artisans and the craftsmanship that
19:13
France produced and you know like I said
19:16
with the recent Maranet auctions I was
19:19
and even the angles neglige that was
19:21
purported to be uh from the French crown
19:23
jewels I always lamented that they
19:25
weren't bought by museums but this
19:28
robbery just highlights
19:31
just I I I can't understand just as
19:34
someone who works in a jewelers one of
19:36
the first things you're taught is what
19:37
to do if a robbery happens. Touch would
19:40
I've never been involved in one. But
19:42
it's just like I say, there was no
19:44
sophistication to this robbery. I don't
19:47
understand how. And that's the other
19:49
thing. If anyone's ever been to France,
19:52
you walk around the Lou, you walk around
19:53
the Tweries, there are armed police
19:57
everywhere carrying machine guns. How
20:01
were these robbers not stopped? How was
20:03
how was in seven minutes the alarm was
20:06
not raised and you know the whole of
20:08
Paris should have been shut down. I just
20:10
I can't fathom it
20:13
ran over.
20:15
Yes. No, it is really shocking
20:17
especially when you think of the way
20:19
they try to secure the Mona Lisa which
20:21
is only a few hundred meters away from
20:22
here and the kind of land they go to
20:25
keep that secure but all these precess
20:27
treasures were left unguarded in a sense
20:30
and were allowed to be taken in broad
20:33
daylight by unarmed men. That is what is
20:36
so shocking in this day and age. It's
20:38
just it's unfathomable. And obviously
20:40
everyone, you know, as we said, we would
20:42
talk about, you know, people are like,
20:44
well, who's why have they been stolen?
20:47
Sadly, there is an enormous black market
20:50
in the elites, and I I'm talking people
20:52
you've never even heard of for stolen
20:55
jewels. I mean, there was a terrible
20:57
robbery a couple of years ago um in
20:59
England where a gold rosary that had
21:02
been owned by Mary, Queen of Scots and
21:05
was with her uh when she was executed
21:07
was stolen from a stately home. Now, you
21:10
might think, oh, who would break in in
21:12
the night and steal, you know, a couple
21:14
of grams worth of gold? No.
21:16
Unfortunately, there is there is a large
21:18
market for stolen goods, important
21:21
historical stolen jewels.
21:24
And you know I it's my opinion, it's
21:27
just an opinion that these were stolen
21:29
to order. Someone wanted these in their
21:31
private collection that no one knows
21:33
about that me and you will never even
21:35
hear of these people because you know if
21:38
you as I've said sad probably about 10
21:40
times in the past 24 hours. If you have
21:42
the kind of money to orchestrate this
21:45
kind of robbery then you have the money
21:47
to buy those jewels those stones on a
21:49
legitimate market. You can buy large
21:51
diamonds. You can buy pearls. You can
21:54
buy sapphires of that quality, of that
21:56
size.
21:58
The re I think the reason these have
22:00
been stolen have been stolen to go into
22:02
a collection. And
22:05
I don't I'm sorry to end on a bum note,
22:07
but they're gone. We're never seeing
22:09
them again.
22:11
Yes. And that is I think the biggest
22:14
tragedy out of this entire episode. and
22:15
the remaining jewels that are left the
22:18
way they are displayed and set that will
22:21
change quite a bit as well and who knows
22:23
when or if we will see them for a long
22:25
time.
22:26
Yeah, I mean it's it's and it's going to
22:28
have such a ripple effect. Um you know
22:31
there's an auction an important auction
22:32
on Friday I want to see. I'm actually
22:34
going to call the auction house tomorrow
22:35
and be like is the public allowed to
22:37
view it because the security measures
22:39
are going to um now increase 10fold. But
22:43
you know touchwood thankfully um and
22:46
it's a testament to you know the British
22:48
uh market. We've had Cartier being
22:51
exhibited. There's important jewels in
22:53
the Marian Twinet exhibition, Sabe's
22:56
exhibitions, Buckingham Palace and we've
22:58
had absolutely no problem. So I don't
23:00
know if the French want to take note but
23:03
maybe they should.
23:05
Yes, they may have the best craftsman
23:08
and people who create jewelry, but
23:09
Yeah, but clearly clearly no one can fit
23:11
a shutter system.
23:15
No, and I think hopefully we'll have
23:17
something good to do updates.
23:20
Don't get me wrong,
23:22
you know, things do happen. You know,
23:23
lost paintings turn up and things that
23:25
have been hidden in attics. And I mean
23:27
here is something to be um kind of
23:29
reassurance that last year there were
23:32
five or six snuff boxes taken from an
23:34
exhibition in Paris. I three of those
23:37
belong to the Royal Collection and two
23:38
of them from the VNA and I believe four
23:41
of them have been recovered in the last
23:43
few weeks. So a year after that theft
23:46
happened, they have been recovered and
23:48
they will be returned. So there is some
23:51
hope that maybe thefts in Paris do lead
23:53
to some recovery after all. I can only
23:56
think back to when that pillowcase was
23:58
found in the Swedish embassy containing
23:59
all of Grand Duchess Vladimir's uh snuff
24:02
boxes and cuff links like what 150 years
24:05
after the revolution like
24:06
yes so
24:08
we can pray we can pray
24:10
hopefully they'll turn up sometime soon
24:12
and intact and not the it all chopped up
24:15
on the gem market.
24:16
Yeah. But in the meantime, I want
24:18
everyone if you even in the back of your
24:20
head going, "Oh, I'd like to go and see
24:21
that exhibition." Go and see it because
24:24
you never know.
24:26
Exactly. And thank you all for joining
24:29
us and we'll be back to discuss
24:31
hopefully some better news.
24:32
Some better news. Yeah. Thank you.
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Thank you.
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