Why the Bayeux tapestry and Franco-British relations are natural bedfellows

An analysis of the historical diplomatic ties between France and Britain, using the recent loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK as a modern example of their complex relationship.

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The GuardianMostly Factual1d ago

Why the Bayeux tapestry and Franco-British relations are natural bedfellows

Tapestry’s loan to UK is just another chapter in the love-hate relationship that has spanned the centuries since it was created Five British prime ministers ago – and six French ones – when Emmanuel Macron first confirmed that France would return the Bayeux tapestry to Britain after 1,000 years, he told an audience at Sandhurst and Theresa May – the No 10 seat-warmer of the day – that when it came to France and Britain there were “two things that nothing can change, be it a vote or a politica...

By Esther Addley

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Why the Bayeux tapestry and Franco-British relations are natural bedfellows

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