Jewellery worth more than $1m has been stolen from a Cannes hotel.

The jewels, which were intended for loan to stars to wear while walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, were all made by Swiss luxury jeweller Chopard, police said.

Thieves broke into the room of a Chopard employee, opened a safe and made off with the jewels, they said.

The robbery took place at the Novotel hotel in the centre of Cannes.

Chopard has been an official sponsor of the Cannes Film Festival for 16 years.

Last year the jeweller’s ambassadors at the festival included Eva Herzigova, Jessica Chastain, Reese Witherspoon and Marion Cotillard.

This year, Julianne Moore, Cindy Crawford and Cara Delevingne were all spotted at the opening ceremony wearing Chopard jewellery.

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