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