Richard III dug up in a Leicester car park

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mikeythibs

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Its one of those things you never thought you'd hear.

A King buried in a car park...

well ok not quite. A king buried on a battle field that was turned into a parking lot...
 
mikeythibs said:
Its one of those things you never thought you'd hear.

A King buried in a car park...

well ok not quite. A king buried on a battle field that was turned into a parking lot...
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see Richard III's in car parks aw the time :red:
 
Greenmachine said:
Will there now be a state funeral and we can aw have a day off work ?...
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And doubtlessly through the nose for the privilege of giving an English king a state burial when,if I am perfectly honest most scots wouldn't give a flying fekk.

Your tax pounds put to another good use. Shame they didn't find him before wembley was finished, they could have buried him under that and lumped the price on to an already exaggerated cost (how much was donated towards Hampden?).
 
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It was very good viewing, and OP, it was a car park that had been a greyfriars monastry.
 
1875 said:
It was very good viewing, and OP, it was a car park that had been a greyfriars monastry.
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Fascinating reconstruction of the face, and interesting account of propaganda affecting perceptions.
 
There's been a couple of great articles about this and more notably the one about the perception of the public consciousness and how propaganda from the time period and Shakespeare have effectively created a persona that became an accepted view of the King.

The magnitude of being the first person to uncover the body may have been missed perhaps! What a moment for that man.

The reconstruction images are good too.

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Tomsk09 said:
What did you think of the women from the Richard III Society? Wired to the moon or what!
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Totally, as was the older guy. To think the only time I refer to Richard the third is when I am off for a shite too.
 
Is he the last Englishman to be found in Leicester:dunno:



(Cue TH calling me racist and disliking) :rollfloor
 
jarkko wiss said:
Have they ever found the remains of his nephews?
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They reckon that they did a few years ago at the Tower of London. The bones were those of two kids of the right approximate ages (although it wasn't possible to check the sex of them) along with some bones that later turned out to be chicken bones (maybe the laddies had a KFC for their last meal?).

I believe they were disinterred and subsequently re-buried somewhere more fitting.


Dick the Shit did get some pretty bad press from Shakespeare etc, and his portrayal as a hunchback was often thought of as a fabrication, however the skeleton found in Leicester seems to bear out the theory (although anyone could have laid out his vertibrae in a curve). Maybe now that they have a sample of his DNA they can compare it with the bones found in the tower (although I believe there is some requirement for the crown to allow it first).
 
Bannox said:
Is he the last Englishman to be found in Leicester:dunno:



(Cue TH calling me racist and disliking) :rollfloor
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The historical part of this intrigues me..I'm currently dealing with a potential franchisee based in Leicester who proudly tells me that within two years it's predicted that Asians will take up more than 50% of the population of Leicester..The non-Asian taxi driver I had didn't find it funny ..
 
SG7nil said:
They reckon that they did a few years ago at the Tower of London. The bones were those of two kids of the right approximate ages (although it wasn't possible to check the sex of them) along with some bones that later turned out to be chicken bones (maybe the laddies had a KFC for their last meal?).

I believe they were disinterred and subsequently re-buried somewhere more fitting.


Dick the Shit did get some pretty bad press from Shakespeare etc, and his portrayal as a hunchback was often thought of as a fabrication, however the skeleton found in Leicester seems to bear out the theory (although anyone could have laid out his vertibrae in a curve). Maybe now that they have a sample of his DNA they can compare it with the bones found in the tower (although I believe there is some requirement for the crown to allow it first).
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There's enough material in all this for a film - to be called The Remnant Kings. :coffee:
 
Chavez said:
The historical part of this intrigues me..I'm currently dealing with a potential franchisee based in Leicester who proudly tells me that within two years it's predicted that Asians will take up more than 50% of the population of Leicester..The non-Asian taxi driver I had didn't find it funny ..
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If ye dig doon far enough you will hit the sewers, and stumble upon Richard the Turds
 
Just announced in Leicester - the winner of the 1485 Hide and Seek competition.
 
Hampden_Hibby said:
Just like Shakespeare done with Macbeth.
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The hatchet job was done on Macbeth long before Shakespeare came along. Macbeth lost his crown in a coup d'etat and it suited Malcolm and his descendants to have the old king's name blackened, if only to legitimise their dynasty, in the chronicles. These chronicles form the basis of Shakespeare's narrative.
 
Tomsk09 said:
The hatchet job was done on Macbeth long before Shakespeare came along. Macbeth lost his crown in a coup d'etat and it suited Malcolm and his descendants to have the old king's name blackened, if only to legitimise their dynasty, in the chronicles. These chronicles form the basis of Shakespeare's narrative.
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Shakespeare is beginning to appear to be the Jabba the Hun of his day, albeit in reverse.
 
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