The Bayeux tapestry will be insured for an estimated £800m when it returns to the UK in 2026 for the first time in more than 900 years. The Financial Times reported the Treasury had provisionally approved an estimated valuation for the tapestry with the final valuation expected to be about £800m. The Bayeux tapestry depicts the Battle of Hastings and events leading up to it. It will be on loan while the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy closes for renovation until its scheduled reopening in October 2027. The British Museum will lend the Sutton Hoo collection, the Lewis Chessmen and other items to France in return for the tapestry.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2025 16:35 UTC