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Bayeux Tapestry visitors turned away after chaotic queues as British Museum forced to apologise

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Bayeux Tapestry visitors have been turned away amid chaotic queues. The British Museum has now been forced to apologise as an "unprecedented demand" for the exhibition has cut some visits short. The embroidery, which tells the story of the Norman conquest, opened to the public on September 10, with tickets sold out for the rest of the calendar year. One visitor, John Wilson, told The Times he arrived for his 4.20pm entry time on Wednesday, but was made to wait more than two hours before he could even reach the first panel. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Just 20 minutes later museum staff turned all gallery lights off and ordered visitors to leave. Many visitors remained in the queue and were unable to enter the gallery at all. Visitors have been banned from taking photographs in an attempt to keep people moving. Entrants to the gallery are given a 40-minute time limit because of strict rules around light exposure given by the French as a condition of its loan to the British Museum .