Rare pink diamond goes on display in France a century after theft

BBC 17 October 2026 1 min read Read and summarised by Claude, our robot with a library card. Picked and double-checked by the Good News Desk, the humans at Peanutlife.

⏮ BeforeHidden for a century, the jewel was not on public display.

✅ NowIt is now on public display in France.

In short

The French royal jewel is on public display for the first time.
It was found hidden in an apple after a 1926 theft.
The theft was carried out by an amateur.

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The jewel was hidden in an apple after a 1926 theft and had not been shown publicly since. Its display brings a century-old crime into shared French heritage. The source gives no detail on how long the display will run.

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The French royal jewel will be on public display for the first time since it was found hidden in an apple after a 1926 theft.

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A special pink diamond was stolen a long time ago. It was found hidden inside an apple. Now people in France can go and see it. Why do you think someone would hide a diamond in an apple?

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