Bayeux Tapestry 'mania' sweeps UK as first exhibition outside France opens
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London's sold-out Bayeux Tapestry exhibition will open Thursday to a British public gripped by "mania" as the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England goes on display outside France for the first time.
The British Museum will open its doors after months of growing anticipation, heightened by the tapestry's high-security July arrival in London and last week's royal preview for the king and queen alongside French President Emmanuel Macron.
The unprecedented loan from France, the result of years of diplomacy and set to last until next July, has been hailed a symbol of renewed cro
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London's sold-out Bayeux Tapestry exhibition will open Thursday to a British public gripped by "mania" as the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England goes on display outside France for the first time.
The British Museum will open its doors after months of growing anticipation, heightened by the tapestry's high-security July arrival in London and last week's royal preview for the king and queen alongside French President Emmanuel Macron.
The unprecedented loan from France, the result of years of diplomacy and set to last until next July, has been hailed a symbol of renewed cro