Missed out on tickets to see the Bayeux tapestry in London? A £1,000 hotel stay will get you in

<p>British Museum’s £33 tickets sold out in a day but some slots have been reserved for guests at five-star One Aldwych</p><p>Those hoping to snare a glimpse of the Bayeux tapestry when it comes to the British Museum this September faced nine-hour online queues, with the £33 tickets sold out within a day.</p><p>But the monied guests of a five-star hotel in Covent Garden have not had to go to such arduous lengths to get a view of the nearly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/12/historys-most-devastating-document-of-war-the-simple-yet-graphic-details-of-the-bayeux-tapestry">1,000-year-old depiction</a> of William the Conqueror’s victory over King Harold II of England at Hastings in 1066.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/15/bayeux-tapestry-london-british-museum-one-aldwych-hotel">Continue reading...</a>