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Bayeux tapestry begins its long path to London for loan display

The 11th-century work depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 was secretly moved on Friday from its home at the the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy, but only a short distance as the fargile, 224 feet-long work, believed to be the work of nuns in Canterbury, needs very careful transport before its arrival at the British Museum in London, where it is due to go on display for nine months from September 2026. 

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The Bayeux Tapestry has begun its journey to its temporary home in the British Museum, but has only moved the first few hundred yards, reports The Sunday Times.

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