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‘Of course we will give it back’: Bayeux tapestry set for secret journey across Channel

Kim Willsher in Paris·The Guardian·2026-06-03 18:57:38·1 view

Operation will use specially built container to protect fragile 11th-century embroidery As the Bayeux tapestry wends its way across the Channel in a top secret operation there will be no jolts, no bumps, no shakes or vibrations – unlike the voyage of William the Conqueror whose 1066 victory at Hastings the artefact recounts. “Nothing has been left to chance,” Catherine Pégard, the French minister of culture, told a gathering to mark the historic loan, which will be physically achieved with the

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