Alien52 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Wrong Richard. Correct.That refers to a death at the Battle of Wakefield,not Bosworth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 He was buried in Leicester. We shouldn't mess with history so I agree he should be re-interred in Leicester and the cathedral which is very close to his original burial site seems appropriate. I hope they don't make too much of a song and dance about it. The interesting stuff will come from the study of his bones, which have already surprised when they confirmed that Richard III was a hunchback. A lot of historians had said they believed that fact to be untrue and just Tudor propaganda, but nope, the bones don't lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) Would the burial service be Catholic I wonder? England at that time was a Catholic country and Richard therefore of that religion The matching DNA was taken from a Canadian who is descended from Richard's sister. The skeleton shows a very bad curveture of the spine Edited February 4, 2013 by Harleyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Why, was he buried in his car? jb Well he did almost say a hearse, a hearse, my kingdom for a hearse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Well he did almost say a hearse, a hearse, my kingdom for a hearse. Was that during the Winter of discontent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusflower Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I'd like to know how they know that it is Richard III. Do the archaeologists have some evidence, or are they simply working on a hunch? Had you been a contestant on QI the bells would have gone off and you'd have lost 10 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Would the burial service be Catholic I wonder? England at that time was a Catholic country and Richard therefore of that religion The matching DNA was taken from a Canadian who is descended from Richard's sister. The skeleton shows a very bad curveture of the spine I believe the medical term is Scoliosis. If the Queen dissaproves of a Catholic burial,i will be against it.Even if she isn't a descendent of his,he was still an English Monarch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) I read that he was a very brave man although he had a very slight frame he went into battle alongside his 6'4" brother swinging an axe around his head - it was just like him to have gone too far ahead of his own army at Bosworth Field - a proper Royal burial for him Edited February 4, 2013 by cressida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I believe the medical term is Scoliosis. If the Queen dissaproves of a Catholic burial,i will be against it.Even if she isn't a descendent of his,he was still an English Monarch. I think he should have a Catholic burial service. It's not for the queen to say in a case like this. He was a Catholic and must have believed in the Catholic doctrine. To do otherwise would be a mark of disrespect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker61 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 York, I'd say - it's where he wanted to be buried, so why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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