Richard III possibly discovered in local car park

Theophany · 17 Dec 2012 at 10:57

Evangelion said:
Or a typical mugging in Leicester.

I wish they'd actually said that in their statement

Cosimo · 17 Dec 2012 at 10:57

If it is confirmed I wonder where they will bury him.

PapaLazaru · 17 Dec 2012 at 10:58

Pretty cool find. My town Reading, though largely boring. actually has the remain of King Henry I buried somewhere near Forbury Gardens, though the exact spot is not known. There are plans to excavate him for tourism purposes as apparently the Yanks love a bit of British history.

Only problem is that they think he may be buried under Forbury Gardens Day Nursery, so would have to knock it down to get him out.

mrk · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:17

I wonder if they found the arrow in his knee

Cosimo · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:23

mrk said:
I wonder if they found the arrow in his knee

They're keeping that one a secret.

Feek · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:25

That's the conclusive proof!

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2013 at 07:52

The DNA results will be announced at 10:00 GMT this morning.

Image of skull released:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21203814

This evening "Richard III: The King in the Car Park" will be shown on Channel 4 from 9:00pm to 10:35pm.

nath247 · 4 Feb 2013 at 08:32

I almost read that as King of the Car Park.

What's there to do in a car park in Leicester? I know, let's look for ancient kings.

Chris-.- · 4 Feb 2013 at 08:40

Isn't there a documentary about this meant to be on or has been on?

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2013 at 08:59

Chris-.- said:
Isn't there a documentary about this meant to be on or has been on?

Two posts up:

simulatorman said:
This evening "Richard III: The King in the Car Park" will be shown on Channel 4 from 9:00pm to 10:35pm.

bledd · 4 Feb 2013 at 09:01

Evangelion said:
Pretty amazing discovery if true!

(Source).

'...blows to the skull consistent with injuries received in battle.' Or a typical mugging in Leicester.

Missed this thread the first time round, I was about to add this in, but use 'Bristol'

Nightglow · 4 Feb 2013 at 09:15

Well, you can take coincidences so far, but skelly has battle wounds, plus scoliosis.

Roll on 10am for the announcement.

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2013 at 09:19

Press conference details:

http://www.le.ac.uk/richardiii/

Soundood · 4 Feb 2013 at 09:47

not long now guys, might sound sad, but i took the day off work for this news,

i just think this is soo exciting given the storys behind him, and i will say now, from what i have heard on the rumour mill, this is indeed the skeleton of Richard III.

Craig1981 · 4 Feb 2013 at 09:52

I dont understand what DNA analysis is going to prove. They dont exactly have Richard III's DNA on file, so its not like they can do a comparison.

mattyg · 4 Feb 2013 at 09:54

Evangelion said:
I wonder how long it take for someone to blame Purple Aki...

I thought he was an urban legend whilst growing up in Merseyside.

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2013 at 10:02

On here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21319148

ubersonic · 4 Feb 2013 at 10:16

Craig1981 said:
I dont understand what DNA analysis is going to prove. They dont exactly have Richard III's DNA on file, so its not like they can do a comparison.

Unless they compare to DNA from one of his descendants? or something /shrug

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2013 at 10:26

Craig1981 said:
I dont understand what DNA analysis is going to prove. They dont exactly have Richard III's DNA on file, so its not like they can do a comparison.

ubersonic said:
Unless they compare to DNA from one of his descendants? or something /shrug

They are using the DNA of a living descendant of Margaret and Richard's eldest sister, Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter for the comparison. She was found in Canada:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/sep/12/canadian-descendant-richard-iii-dna

http://plantagenetdna.webs.com/

dpbadger · 4 Feb 2013 at 10:28

Lets crown her.