Netflix’s historic drama The Crown, a.okay.a. the most costly tv present ever made, spares no expense with regards to re-creating the lives of Britain’s royal household. However the place there’s wealth, there’s at all times a danger of igniting extra than simply royal-family drama. Thieves focused the set and made off with some dear gadgets. No, they didn’t take any crowns.
In response to a spokesperson for the South Yorkshire police division who talked to Selection, the authorities have been referred to as at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 16, “following a report of theft from automobiles at Pastures Street, Doncaster.”
They continued, “It’s reported that three automobiles containing props utilized in movie and TV have been damaged into and a variety of gadgets taken. Officers investigated the incident, however all current traces of inquiry have now been exhausted. The case has been filed pending any new traces of inquiry.”
In all, greater than 350 props and set items have been pilfered, value over $200,000. For the reason that investigations appear to have hit a useless finish, Netflix is now asking for the general public’s assist in retrieving the gadgets taken. The gadgets embrace “a duplicate of a 1897 Imperial Coronation Fabergé coach egg, 12 units of silver candelabras, seven gold candelabras, a clockface from a William IV grandfather clock (however not the longcase through which it was enclosed), some Russian non secular icons, a 10-piece silver dressing desk, [and] St. Louis gilt crystal glassware and decanters.”
Per Selection, The Crown set decorator Alison Harvey informed a commerce publication that the thieves won’t have made off with as precious of a treasure as they anticipated—a minimum of with regards to resale worth. “The gadgets stolen usually are not essentially in the most effective situation and subsequently of restricted worth for resale,” she stated. “Nonetheless, they’re precious as items to the U.Okay. movie trade.”
Supply: Glamour