Bayeux Tapestry unveiled to UK public for first time at British Museum
Visitors tell the BBC it was a "real privilege" to be among the first to see the tapestry in England.
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Visitors tell the BBC it was a "real privilege" to be among the first to see the tapestry in England.
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