£49,000 Madonna bracelet is stolen

A £49,000 diamond bracelet Madonna borrowed from a jeweller to wear on her wedding day has been stolen in a raid on a London store.

The 19 carat diamond French filigree bracelet, which was picked by designer Stella McCartney to complement the pop star's gothic-style gown, was among 13 items, valued at more than £100,000, taken in the raid.

The robbers, posing as builders, used a steel girder to smash a security door at Moira's Antique Jewellers, New Bond Street, as it opened for business. They then threatened staff with a handgun before escaping in a white van which was found burnt out in nearby Jones Street.

As they fled the robbers dropped a diamond tiara which was later recovered. An elderly worker needed hospital treatment after he suffered a head injury when he was pushed down a flight of stairs.

The bracelet, which Madonna wore to marry film director Guy Ritchie in December 2000 at Skibo Castle in Scotland, dates from 1910.

Today Moira Cohen, the director of the jeweller's, confirmed the piece worn by Madonna had been stolen. A £100,000 reward has been offered by a firm of Lloyd's underwriters following the raid on 4 May.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Flying Squad at Barnes.