I don't think that's a fair example because it's in France, not Britain.

Of course it's in France; the Norman invasion was some lads from Normandy. William was born and died in Normandy.

Perhaps the French could gift a statue of William to the UK; they could put it next to the statue of George Washington in Trafalgar Square.

Edit: The French are not known for their tactlessness. In truth, William the Conqueror is simply not offensive to the modern British people. William is even more distant to the modern British than George Washington, and you don't have the British crying themselves to sleep over that great whupper of Britons having a statue in London.

My point is: French folks are less interested in British social cohesion than British folks, so glorification of the invasion in France does not undermine rayiner's original argument that the British are de-emphasizing that part of their history for social cohesion's sake.