he asked.
The museum's curatorial expert provided a direct answer regarding the claim to the throne. "Did he have a legitimate claim to the throne?"
asked Osborne.
The expert confirmed the lack of legitimacy, prompting further banter among the officials. "Not at all," said Michael Lewis.
Nandy jokingly accused Osborne of attempting to revive ancient conflicts. "You’re trying to ignite an ancient battle," she said.
Osborne responded with a joke about informing the French president. "I just thought we could tell Macron," he said.
Diplomatic Significance
Nandy emphasized that the detailed diplomatic talks were essential to prevent any potential damage to the delicate artifact.
"There couldn’t be any risk whatsoever of damage," she said.
The meticulous discussions focused heavily on the technical specifications of the transport and display environment.
"A lot of the diplomacy in the discussions was about the minutiae and the painstaking detail: what sort of case it would be in, how it would be transported, what temperature, what lighting," said Nandy.
According to Nandy, the successful loan marks a shift away from previous years of antagonistic post-Brexit relations between the United Kingdom and France.
"After the original agreement, talks stalled, not just because of the pandemic, but because there was a very needlessly antagonistic relationship for many years between the UK and France," she said.
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The culture secretary viewed the arrival of the artifact as a symbolic resolution to that difficult political era.
