Macron makes Brexit joke in address to Parliament during UK state visit
Macron jokes that loan for Bayeux Tapestry ‘took more years to deliver than Brexit texts’
- French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the 1000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry will be loaned to the UK.
- The tapestry, which depicts the Norman Conquest of 1066, will be displayed at the British Museum for a year.
- It is scheduled to be on show from September 2026 to July 2027 in The Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery.
- Macron joked that delivering the tapestry loan took longer than the Brexit negotiations.
- Watch the video in full above.