Touts have started to sell tickets for the Diana memorial concert at hugely inflated prices.

Offers of seats at more than five times the £45 face value were on the internet before they were officially available.

Internet auction site eBay had dozens of tickets on sale within moments of the box office closing but it said such auctions were being removed.

The first 22,500 tickets for the concert featuring Sir Elton John and Duran Duran sold out within minutes.

Organisers had attempted to discourage touts by limiting buyers to four seats per application.

A spokesman for eBay said: “In view of the unique and commemorative nature of the Concert for Diana event and as a mark of respect for the memory of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, eBay has decided to not allow the re-sale of tickets to this event on the site.”

Posted: 12|13|06 at 4:28 pm. Filed under: UK News.