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Behind the historic efforts to transport Bayeux tapestry from France to UK

03.06.2026 21:57 | The Guardian World

Special, secretive operation will ship 11th-century artwork across Channel without jolts, bumps or shakesAs 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 tapestry, which is really an embroidery, transported in a specially constructed cradle within a container, the minister said. Continue reading...

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