French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday at a celebratory event for an exhibition of the famed Bayeux Tapestry in Britain that their two countries can "forge a bond as close as the threads of this thousand-year-old embroidery". Speaking at the British Museum, accompanied by King Charles III and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Macron said he hoped the allies would be remembered centuries later as having chosen to forge that bond. King Charles III referred to the historic loan to Britain as "a precious symbol of trust". French President Emmanuel Macron had joined King Charles III and new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to see the Bayeux Tapestry, an almost 1,000-year-old symbol of Anglo-French relations, at its temporary home in the British Museum. The three leaders and their spouses were given a private viewing of the 230-foot (70-metre) artwork, which depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The work, which had not left France since it was made nearly 1,000 years ago – goes on public display at the museum from next week until July.
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