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Burnham cracks joke at Bayeux Tapestry tour, as King hails it 'a special symbol of trust'
The 1,000-year-old embroidery is on a 10-month loan from France, and tickets for the first stage sold out with more than $3.2 million in sales.
- On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron and King Charles III visited the British Museum to view the Bayeux Tapestry, joined by recently appointed British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
- France loaned the 1,000-year-old embroidery, insured for 960 million euros, to the United Kingdom for a 10-month exhibition opening next week after years of diplomatic negotiation.
- The leaders examined several of the tapestry's 58 scenes depicting the 1066 Norman conquest of England, a turning point that marks shared Anglo-Norman heritage between the two nations.
- Burnham, who took office six weeks ago, will host Macron on Thursday at 10 Downing St. for talks on small boat crossings, Ukraine, and trade amid Brexit-frayed relations.
- The government plans a digital exhibition bringing the tapestry's story to venues across the country, with schoolchildren participating in a "live national history lesson" on Oct. 14.
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Macron and King Charles III hail their nations’ ties as they view the Bayeux Tapestry in London
French President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's King Charles III hailed the Bayeux Tapestry as a symbol of their countries' intertwined stories as they visited the 1,000-year-old artwork Wednesday at its temporary home in the British Museum.
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The French President and the British Sovereign inaugurated the exhibition of the famous millennial embroidery at the British Museum Emmanuel Macron and King Charles III celebrated this Wednesday 2
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