The Irish Crown jewels were stolen in 1907 and remain missing to this day - with an estimated value of £4.3m.
With little evidence, Dublin police were getting nowhere and Scotland Yard soon stepped in.
Others thought they were stolen as part an elaborate plot to embarrass the liberal government, with the jewels later secretly returned to the Royal Family. He was eventually dismissed by the King and became something of a recluse in his later years before being murdered by the IRA.
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