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Bayeux Tapestry arrives in UK for first time in 900 years under police guard | BBC News

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in the UK, for the first time since it is believed to have been created here nearly 1,000 years ago.

At 02:50 BST, chaperoned from a secret location in northern France

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Surprised the BBC producers are letting that reporter talk on camera whilst playing candy crush
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This is really pedantic, but the tickets did not first go on sale last week. They first went on sale on the 16th of June when members booking opened.
But if you're looking to book in October or Jan you can get first pick if you become a museum member!
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I wish so much I lived there so I could see it!❤
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How I wish I could go and see it! Preferably not in a huge crowd, but with just someone to explain stuff... one can dream.
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Don't let The Louvre security near it.
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@Dustshoe From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 4
“Long before smartphones and social media, people told stories with needle and thread.”

I suppose that is a message for today’s younger audience who have known nothing but smartphones all their lives, may have lived too in a paperless environment for as long as they can remember, and who must wonder, going by this report, whether needle and thread came after ink and paper in the telling of stories.
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Jesus some of the people in this comment section are just idiots, why can’t people just enjoy the historical significance, the idiots mentioning the small boats etc, Jesus give it a bloody rest
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Imaginge if the ladies who sewed this could see how beautifully their work is being protected
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@dshe8637 From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 13
I would love to see this ❤
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Alfred,edward ,æthelstan fought the vikings and united England just to give it to another viking descendant.
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😂😂 see that convoy and me telling my wife.., that'll be a nuclear warhead, bomb squad, captured alien! Ed Milibands idea of creating wind?
Nope, tapestry
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@sanjaysrik From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 18
Glad I caught this changes my travel plans a bit
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A masterpiece ❤
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I feel like it should have its own public display in a museum wherever and it shouldn’t travel if it’s really that fragile.
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@ArbFriJuly From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 52
It was so secret, it was filmed being transported on the motorway.
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I simply have to see this ❤❤❤
Thank you France 😊
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@Gool349 From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 76
Seen it in Bayeux, an amazing piece of history!
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Saw this in Bayeux in the 80s. Worth checking out.
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Oh my god, how nerve-wracking it must be to move such a delicate and priceless piece of history. 😶 I couldn't handle that much pressure. 😅
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don't let mr bean near it lol