Bayeux tapestry loan symbolises ‘entente amicale’ between France and UK, says King Charles

August 31, 2026 · 8:50 am 2 sources

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• British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
  The Guardian · August 31, 2026 08:50
  Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum The British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter Thiel in the exhibition space of the Bayeux tapestry earlier this month, the Guardian…
• Bayeux tapestry loan symbolises ‘entente amicale’ between France and UK, says King Charles
  The Guardian · September 2, 2026 18:23
  Monarch tells Emmanuel Macron at the British Museum in London that the two nations will share a future ‘woven together’ by history and shared values The loan of the Bayeux tapestry was the “the best possible symbol” of the “entente amicale” between France and the UK, King Charles said as he…