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🔴 Live: Macron and Charles III visit historic Bayeux tapestry exhibition together

Andy Burnham European Union Emmanuel Macron Sir Keir Starmer Bayeux France Britain British Museum London United Kingdom
Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla, accompanied by The President of France Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron, the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France Van-Heel, view the
Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla, accompanied by The President of France Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron, the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France Van-Heel, view the Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition at the British Museum in London Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. © Richard Pohle, AP via pool

French President Emmanuel Macron called on France and Britain to forge closer ties on Wednesday as he joined King Charles III and Prime Minister Andy Burnham to mark the historic loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum. Macron said the two allies could build a bond “as close as the threads” of the 950-year-old artwork, which depicts the Norman conquest of England.

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".

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