'Nothing left to chance' for Bayeux Tapestry's journey to London

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The Bayeux Tapestry, a 950-year-old embroidered chronicle of the Norman conquest, is heading to London for the first time in its history. French officials overseeing the move have left nothing to chance: the 70-meter medieval fabric will travel in a climate-controlled case, accompanied by conservators and security teams. The journey represents a rare loan of one of France's most treasured artifacts, and organizers promise it will be guarded as carefully as "a baby." Museums on both sides of the Channel have coordinated extensively to ensure the 11th-century masterpiece arrives and displays safely.