The 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry depicting the last successful military invasion of England will arrive in London in the coming days by dead of night and...

The 11th century Bayeux Tapestry will arrive in London in the coming days in a discreet overnight operation under police protection ahead of its first-ever exhibition in Britain,…

The 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry depicting the last successful military invasion of England will arrive in London in the coming days by dead of night and under "police…

The 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry depicting the last successful military invasion of England will arrive in London in the coming days by dead of night and under “police…

The 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry depicting the last successful military invasion of England will arrive in London in the coming days by dead of night and...

Under cover of darkness and heavy police guard, the Bayeux Tapestry - a 68-metre embroidered chronicle of the Norman conquest of England, stitched in wool not long after the…

The medieval Bayeux Tapestry began a hugely complicated journey from northern France to London on Thursday where the 11th-century artwork is set to go on display at the British…

The Bayeux Tapestry has returned to England for the first time in nearly 1,000 years. The priceless medieval artwork arrived at the British Museum on Friday after a high-security…

The medieval Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London after almost 1,000 years early on Friday. The tapestry is on loan from France for a year and will be exhibited at the British…

The medieval Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London in the early hours of Friday after a hugely complicated journey to leave France for the first time in more than 900 years for an…

The medieval Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London in the early hours of today after a hugely complicated journey to leave France for the first time in more than 900 years for an…

After nearly 1,000 years, the medieval masterpiece is back on British soil. The Bayeux Tapestry was transferred from France to London in a highly secretive operation and will be…

After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil. In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the priceless medieval artwork was...

The 1,000-year-old artwork was spirited across the Channel Tunnel in a police-guarded truck

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After almost 1,000 years, the priceless Medieval Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil – spirited into London's British Museum on Friday in the dead of night, after a high-tech…

In the dead of night on Friday, a large yellow truck led by a police escort made its way through the empty streets of London. Unbeknownst to late night stragglers, it was carrying…

The nearly 70-metre-long work depicting William the Conqueror's 1066 invasion of England arrived at the British Museum in London at about 3am on Friday.

The loan of the artwork is seen as symbolic of French-British relations as London works to mend ties post-Brexit.

Cloak-and-dagger operation delivers 70-metre medieval artwork to British Museum, as gathered diplomats applaud

The Bayeux Tapestry, after 1,000 years, makes its historic return to England, displayed at the British Museum until July 2027.