Richard III
Feb. 4th, 2013 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marinessYears back I was an unofficial member of a group whose research zeal focused on some of the most important issues of the day. I am talking, of course, about the various Richard III societies, dedicated to restoring the reputation of the 500 year old monarch and possible nephew-killer which we can all agree is the sort of important subject that can keep you awake over coffee. Or not.
I am not inclined to agree completely with all Richard III defenders -- for instance, I find it somewhat more likely that the disappearance of the two little nephews in the tower was thanks to the mechanizations of the Duke of Norfolk, not Henry VII. Or elves. Anyway, this is all a long meandering way of saying that the skeleton of Richard III was found beneath a Leicester car park. Naturally, Richard is tweeting about the discovery of his corpse.
I am not inclined to agree completely with all Richard III defenders -- for instance, I find it somewhat more likely that the disappearance of the two little nephews in the tower was thanks to the mechanizations of the Duke of Norfolk, not Henry VII. Or elves. Anyway, this is all a long meandering way of saying that the skeleton of Richard III was found beneath a Leicester car park. Naturally, Richard is tweeting about the discovery of his corpse.