English Parking Lot (And Longtime Burial Site Of King Richard III) Is Deemed A National Monument

I remember we they found his remains and proved using DNA it was Richard. Interesting story

Very sad story

I followed the story of the discovery of Richard III's remains from the beginning and was fascinated to learn that the original story (that his dead naked body had been dumped into a nearby river) was false. Examination of the remains confirmed the horrible and fatal wounds inflicted by swords and halberds. It was also interested in what Richard's bones revealed about what the winning soldiers did to desecrate his corpse once he had died in battle. Richard's spine had a deforming curvature that made him appear as a hunchback, although he was not one, and did not affect his ability to lead and fight in battle. Once the genetic ID of the remains was confirmed as Richard's, there then followed a legal fight between the cities of York and Leicester as to which would be the more suitable burial site (Richard was from York but was killed in battle at Bosworth Fields, near Leicester). Leicester won and Richard was interred with suitable ceremony in Leicester's cathedral church. That's why it took three years between Richard's remains being discovered and the funeral. It was noted that the Queen would not attend - it seems that the stigma attached to Richard (the loser) remained after 500 years.