Richard III's body found and identified

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.co...

After dying in 1485, Richard III's body was lost. Scientists have just confirmed that the wounded, curve-spined body buried underneath a parking lot was in fact Richard's!

Next up, the princes in the tower?

I'm hoping not, apparently it was one of my ancestors who did the (alleged) job !

Was it a parking lot for horses? If so, he was really close...

I keep reading the III as exclamation points.

"Skeleton found in carpark identified as King Richard!!!"

His kingdom for a hearse!

I though they had already found the princes bodies when they were doing restorations to the Tower of London?

This is a great omen since I am in a community theatre (yes, damn you auto-correct, I am going to continue to spell it theatre) production of Richard III. (as his brother Clarence who also gets brutally murdered in the tower)

I still get this confused with Henry V.

fangblackbone wrote:

(yes, damn you auto-correct, I am going to continue to spell it theatre)

This is pretty cool. It sounds like there may be some doubt, but the evidence is pretty strong. It made me read up a bit about English history too.

KingGorilla wrote:

I still get this confused with Henry V.

No Henry V won his battle. And died of dysentary.

I've always dug the history around the Hundred Years War and the War of the Roses. I found it interesting that he actually did have a curved spine. Many thought that depiction was historians seeking to demonize him.

I meant the plays.

English history is so difficulty to follow starting with Henry IV and on until past even Elizabeth. (then the Scotts get involved) The family trees are insane. If Richard III had lived, he wanted to marry his niece so multiply that family tree complexity by 10.

Though I suspect the times outside of the War of the Roses weren't exactly peachy either.

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I understand they were forced to move him because he was in a space reserved for two-doors.

The best comment on that article , from OrthoStice: "Shakespeare in the Park...ing lot."

Paleocon wrote:

I understand they were forced to move him because he was in a space reserved for two-doors.

.... Dying over here...

1485? Well damn, guess I can't play him in Crusader Kings 2.

Quintin_Stone wrote:

1485? Well damn, guess I can't play him in Crusader Kings 2.

I'm sure that dlc is coming.

I understand they were forced to move him because he was in a space reserved for two-doors.

Sir, that is one of the finest puns I have ever seen. I am very slightly awestruck.

MrDeVil909 wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:

1485? Well damn, guess I can't play him in Crusader Kings 2.

I'm sure that dlc is coming.

It's called EU4

davet010 wrote:
MrDeVil909 wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:

1485? Well damn, guess I can't play him in Crusader Kings 2.

I'm sure that dlc is coming.

It's called EU4 :)

Bratz: Kingdomz and Horsez

fangblackbone wrote:

English history is so difficulty to follow starting with Henry IV and on until past even Elizabeth. (then the Scotts get involved) The family trees are insane. If Richard III had lived, he wanted to marry his niece so multiply that family tree complexity by 10.

Though I suspect the times outside of the War of the Roses weren't exactly peachy either.

Fun source my mother sent me yesterday.

http://www.britroyals.com/index.htm

Looks like there's an official facial reconstruction:
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And some fun ones:
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[sing]They paved Plantagenet and put up a parking lot. Ooh la la la.[/sing]

I hate that song.

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