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Richard III, the Princes in the Tower, and Thomas More – answers to the mystery?
PROFESSOR TIM THORNTON
The fascination evoked by Richard III and the mystery of the ‘princes in the Tower’ continues to grow.
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The discovery of Richard’s body under a carpark in 2012 and his reburial in Leicester Cathedral in 2015 drew international attention, and a stellar team led by Steve Coogan and Steven Frears will shortly bring that story to the big screen.
Yet the heart of this interest surrounding Richard and his reign remains an unresolved question, the fate of Richard’s nephews, King Edward V and his brother Richard, duke of York, who disappeared from public view during 1483 soon after being denounced as bastards and displaced from the succession.
It is arguably the greatest missing persons – and perhaps murder – mystery in British history.
The first person to allocate very specific responsibility for the disappearance – and death – of the two princes was the much-celebrated lawy