Friday 24 August 2012

Today's Top Royal Story–With Pictures!

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The Leicester Mercury has the story today– as does the BBC. King Richard III may be buried under one of our City Centre Car Parks [along with Shergar and Lord Lucan?]

jason Senior / Grey Friars Car Park on New Street Leicester .

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This interesting monarch, who lost his life at the Battle Of Bosworth in 1485 [see this post] may possibly have been given a Christian Burial by the Grey Friars whose Friary was situated here.

While the rest of the UK is looking at pictures of a current royal, here in Leicestershire we are more interested in what happened 500 years ago!

Did you see my title and expect something different then?

9 comments:

  1. Ooh, this is exciting..will you please keep us up to date?
    Jane x

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  2. It's also in The Telegraph today.
    No Ang, we knew you wouldnt stoop to the Sun levels!

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  3. Puts a new spin on 'The King was in the Altogether'!Have a great weekend, my friend. x

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  4. This is very exciting - please do keep us posted.

    (Speaking of Richard III, did you ever get around to reading "The Daughter of Time"?)

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  5. I think that Henry V11 murdered those young Princes in the Tower and that the Tudor spin doctors, Shakespeare included, put the blame of poor Richard. There was a Battle of Bosworth re-enactment last Sunday, which my 5 year old Leicester grandson enjoyed. Not sure what his Dada (grandad), visiting from Mauritius made of it all.

    Ann Johnston (Dereham)

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  6. Hi Ann- I am inclined to agree that the Tudor spin doctors have given a totally false impressions of poor old Richard.

    Yes Mrs M - I DID read Daughter Of Time, and enjoyed it a lot. Have decided it is probably my 3rd favourite Tey [after Franchise and Farrar]

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  7. Personally, I find your Royal story much more interesting than any of the most recent stories about "our" Royals!! Another book about Richard III which I love is "The Sunne in Splendour" by Sharon Kay Penman - a sympathetic view of this much maligned King. It's worth the read!

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    1. I will try to find this one. It does seem that 99% of people who study R3 agree that he was 'much maligned'!!

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