Bayeux Tapestry not too fragile to loan to UK, French official says, quashing ‘heritage crime’ claim

A petition to block France from transporting the medieval Bayeux Tapestry to the UK garnered more than 52,000 signatures by Friday amid conservation fears. But a French official overseeing the loan said a study did not conclude that the 11th century artefact was “untransportable”. Details of the study have not been revealed.