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The day I met John Ashdown-Hill and he showed me Richard’s funeral crown….

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Was it really spring 2014 when the crown that John Ashdown-Hill had made for Richard III’s reinterment was put on display at Tewkesbury Abbey? All of nine years ago!

Like many others I went to see it and happened to enter the abbey at a time when there was a lull in the arrivals. I was incredibly honoured to be greeted by Dr Ashdown-Hill himself and taken in person to view the crown.

I encountered him again by the tomb of George, Duke of Clarence. All in all an occasion to remember.

You can read more of that day in Tewkesbury Abbey (not of my experiences!) here Richard III crown displayed in Tewkesbury Abbey – BBC News

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    H.J. Hill

    Wonderful!

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