The Bayeux Tapestry’s extraordinary journey back to Britain

After nearly 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry has returned to the UK for a year-long exhibition at the British Museum. Its highly secretive and carefully controlled journey involved police escorts, a specially designed case and strict conditions to protect the fragile medieval masterpiece, in a move seen as a symbol of Franco-British ties.

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