In William the Conqueror’s wake, Bayeux Tapestry arrives in UK

The almost 1,000-year-old artwork has made a perilous journey from its home in Normandy, France to London, where it will go on display in September

Every English schoolchild knows the story of 1066, the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England. It’s told in incredible detail in the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry.

Now the priceless work has made a perilous journey from its home in The Bayeux Museum in Normandy, northwestern France, to the heart of London.

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