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What really happened to the Princes in the Tower? The Richard III Society seeks answers

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13th April 2015
There have been many great mysteries in history. Perhaps though none greater than that of the Princes in the Tower – the two young sons of King Edward IV, who disappeared into the Tower of London and never seen again. According to Shakespeare, the boys were killed by their uncle, King Richard III, a view that is shared by most historians. Members of the Richard III Society – a society…
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The Richard effect: Seven-fold increase in visitors to Bosworth during Richard III's reinterment week

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3rd April 2015
Move over Kate! A new phenomenon – the Richard effect – has begun to take the world by storm, following the reinterment of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral last week. More than 2,500 people attended the service held in honour of the Plantagenet King, and an additional 7,000 visited Bosworth to see Fenn Lane Farm – the site of the battle in which Richard was killed &#8211…
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Stories of the Stuarts: Lucy Walter, mistress of King Charles II

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29th March 2015
In this new ongoing series of articles, we will be delving in to the world of the House of Stuart, a royal dynasty who first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland in the late 14th century before eventually inheriting the Kingdoms of England and Ireland in the early 17th century. The House of Stuart reigned until 1714 when they were succeeded by the House of Hanover. As we delve further in to…
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The final journey: Richard III's reburial procession

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22nd March 2015
Over 500 years after his death, and nearly three years after the discovery of his remains under a Leicester car park, King Richard III is finally set to get the funeral that he deserves, as his reburial procession got underway in Leicester today. Richard III’s remains…
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Petition to give Anne Boleyn a Royal Pardon after she was 'wrongly accused' of her crimes

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14th March 2015
An e-petition has been created to try and grant Anne Boleyn a Royal Pardon after it is believed that she was ‘wrongly accused’ of the crimes that led to her execution in 1536. In addition to asking for a Royal Pardon, the petition calls for the former Queen of England to be reburied in Westminster Abbey along with her daughter, Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King…
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