Do the Brits really.want to see the Bayeux Taoestry?

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to loan the UK the famous thousand-year old Bayeaux Tapestry as a gesture of goodwill.

Politicians and local aurhorities are lauding the decision. Conservators and museum people, on the other hand, are warning that the tapestry is way too fragile to transport (and is, of course, irreplaceable).

My first thought was: why would Britain want to lionize a tapestry celebrating nearly two hundred years of conquest and oppression by a foreign force? Maybe the Brits are more broad-minded and urbane than I think, but my guess is that M. Macron is being overly optimistic