Bayeux tapestry arrives on British shores for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ exhibition

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Crowd cheers as artwork depicting Norman conquest is unloaded at British Museum after cross-Channel voyage

Like the man whose conquest of England almost a millennium ago it recounts, the Bayeux tapestry crossed the Channel in the dead of night, in as much secrecy as possible, landing on the country’s south coast early the following day.

The artefact’s arrival on Friday marked the first time it has returned to England in nearly 1,000 years, and British Museum staff will begin to prepare it for exhibition during its year-long loan.

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