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Discovery of Richard III’s remains

“The Pretender” takes the same-old attitude to Richard III….

May 5, 2025

Alternative History, archaeology, battles, Book Reviews, genealogy, history, medieval characters, research, Richard III, Usurpers to throne

“Lambert Simnel”, “Missing Princes Project”, Bishop John Morton, Discovery of Richard III’s remains, Edward 17th Earl of Warwick, Edward V, Henry VII, John Evans and Coldridge, Philippa Langley, Princes in the Tower, Richard III, sir thomas more, William Shakespeare

Oh dear… “….The year is 1483 and England is in peril. The much-despised Richard III [who has murdered the boys in the Tower] is not long for the throne, and the man who will become Henry VII stands poised to snatch the crown for himself. But for twelve-year-old John Collan [to be Lambert Simnel, the…