The Bayeux tapestry’s high-profile loan to the British Museum risks damaging the ancient relic because of the condition of Britain’s roads, according to reports.
French conservationists have filed a legal challenge to plans championed by Emmanuel Macron to transport the priceless 11th-century work from Bayeux in Normandy, France, where it has been on display for many centuries, to be shown at the British Museum as part of a nine-month exhibition.
