Bayeux Tapestry: Macron to open landmark London exhibition next Wednesday

According to the Élysée, this is "a highly symbolic moment the President of the Republic wanted for Franco-British relations". The French president thus aims to highlight the "exceptional loan" he himself approved in 2025.

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to London next Wednesday to inaugurate the British Museum's exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry, and will hold his first in-depth talks with new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham the following day.

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to London next Wednesday to inaugurate the British Museum's exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry, and will hold his first in-depth talks with new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham the following day.

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to London on Wednesday to inaugurate an exhibition at the British Museum of the Bayeux Tapestry, the 11th-century work depicting William the Conqueror's conquest of England, the Elysée said on Friday.