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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ask the French government to return the ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ to England (where it was made) as a token of French repentance and apology for the appalling suffering inflicted during the Norman era by their ancestors on the English people, who had created in Anglo-Saxon England the first nation state in Europe. More details
Submitted by Andrew Constantine of Free England Party – Deadline to sign up by: 27 June 2009 – Signatures: 36
The so called ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ is in fact an eleventh century embroidery made in England and is one of England’s most important cultural and historical treasures, which should never have left these shores. The return of this unique and iconic national treasure should be made the occasion for a celebration of our important and wonderful Anglo-Saxon cultural, political and linguistic heritage. Our Anglo-Saxon ancestors gave us our nation’s name of England, our world language and our identity as the English people.
We should never forget how Anglo-Saxon England created the bedrock of our society, nor should we forget the cruelty and rapacity of the French and Norman invaders who destroyed and stole so much from England.
It’s time the French people made apology for their ancestors’ actions and the homecoming of this Anglo-Saxon treasure to England will symbolise this better than anything else.
We want it back, now!
Andrew Constantine, the Petition Creator, joined by: