UK Cities in Tug-of-War Over Bones of Richard III

UK Cities in Tug-of-War Over Bones of Richard III

This morning, archaeologists at the University of Leicester announced that a body uncovered last September in a car park was in fact that of the famous king Richard III. The team revealed their find at a morning press

Britain's most reviled king, the short-lived monarch Richard III--last of the House of York, last of the Plantagenet dynasty, final loser of the Wars of.

Modern ears will never hear the true voice of medieval English King Richard III, but a new look at the monarch's own notes suggests he may have had an accent not unlike today's residents of the United Kingdom's West Midlands county. Skip to next

Mr. Murdoch said that he plans to put Richard III on display at the News Corporation headquarters in New York, “where he will serve as an inspiration to all our employees when I'm not there.” But Mr. Murdoch's shocking purchase of Richard's bones has

The fate of Richard III has had viewers enthralled and now BBC2 is moving the focus onto the dynasty that toppled him with a documentary season on The Tudors. BBC2's series of programmes focuses on the people at the court during the turbulent Tudor