2 hours ago Tens of thousands of radical faced agelong waits to bargain the archetypal tickets to spot the Bayeux Tapestry erstwhile it goes connected show astatine the British Museum successful September.
The 11th Century embroidery, which depicts the Norman conquest of England successful 1066, is being loaned to the UK portion its accustomed home, the Bayeux Museum successful Normandy, undergoes a large renovation.
The 70m-long masterpiece volition spell connected show successful London for 10 months - the archetypal clip the tapestry has been exhibited connected British soil.
More than 65,000 radical joined successful the online queue aft the archetypal batch of tickets were released astatine 10.00 BST connected Wednesday.
Some societal media users said they had spent hours successful the virtual queue lone for their petition to clip out, but others said they had secured tickets successfully.
Before tickets went connected sale, the British Museum said it had been "expecting immense request and interest".
The museum's manager Dr Nicholas Cullinan told BBC Radio 4's Today programme connected Wednesday that the tapestry's accomplishment successful the UK was an "incredible event".
Dr Cullinan said large attraction would beryllium taken to support the embroidery during its visit, and that British summons buyers would person the uncommon accidental to spot it astatine its afloat length.
"It volition beryllium laid flat, which is the champion mode to amusement it successful presumption of conservation, but the different happening that's precise breathtaking is it volition beryllium shown successful 1 agelong line.
"This is the archetypal clip successful centuries that radical volition beryllium capable to spot the full magnitude of the tapestry."
The embroidery volition beryllium transported successful the coming weeks via the Eurotunnel, and volition spell connected show successful a specially manufactured solid case.
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