Louvre issues 'terrible' update after brazen £76m jewellery raid View Image

The director of the Louvre Museum has admitted to a "terrible failure" following a daring daylight theft of crown jewels at the Parisian landmark, revealing that she offered her resignation but it was declined.

The Louvre reopened its doors earlier in the day, with lengthy queues forming beneath its iconic glass pyramid for the first time since the audacious and large-scale museum theft shocked the globe.

During her testimony to the French Senate on Wednesday, Louvre director Laurence des Cars highlighted a critical lack of security cameras outside the monument and other "weaknesses" that were exposed by Sunday's theft.

Under intense scrutiny following a theft that tarnished France's international reputation,

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