It's Got Royal Approval

Since the Royal Couple circa 1987 gave their ok to this museum I knew it would be worth every Euro they charged. 36 Euro ($47) later with audio guides in place, we saw one of the truly most historic documents I've ever seen. The size, 70 yards long, is incredible when you consider all the needlework was hand done at a time when needles were made of bone and thread was extremely rare and fragile. In the a time where there were no video records, no newspapers nor many people that could even read, the giant mural that the tapestry is served as a kind of comic book history of the events leading up to and culminating in the Norman conquest of England in 1066. In a nutshell, England's king died without an heir. He had promised the throne to a cousin named William in Normandy, but Harold of England grabbed the crown after King Edward died. William, a descendent of Vikings that had settled in France, crossed the English Channel, killed Harold in battle and seized the throne. Thereafter English kings and their courts operated in French only. In fact, all laws were recorded in French as well. The Anglo-Saxon language merged with this French influence to eventually bring about the English language.