Body of Richard The Third found under car park

Researchers exclaimed this week that a skeleton that had been found under a car park in September 2012 with a curved spine and a cleaved skull was Richard The Third, which would solve a mystery that has gone on for 500 years as to where The King came to rest. Richard The Third's character was depicted by Shakespeare as a brutal and monstrous man who was responsible for the murder of two princes. In reality, Richard who was the Last English King to die in battle was killed fighting Henry Tudor, who was his eventual successor  in1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field.  

The team of historians and archaeologists working on the project from the University of Leicester have now confirmed that evidence has proved that this skeleton which was found last year under a car park in the city during the excavation of a medieval friary is that of Richard The Third. There was an extremely detailed and academic presentation showing the life and wounds of The King and Richard Buckley, the lead archaeologist working on the project, announced the conclusion. There was much excitement at the presentation. 

It was said that it was the academic conclusion of the team at the University of Leicester that beyond reasonable doubt the skeleton that had been exhumed in 2012 is Richard The Third, who was the last Plantagenet King of England. Interestingly Michael Isben, who was born in Canada and is a furniture maker now residing in London was the direct descendant of Anne of York, who was Richard's sister, geneaologists explained and DNA from the body, matched that of him. 

Richard The Third's skeleton showed clear signs of injury that are consistent with wounds that would be received in battle. With part of his skull being cleaved and a metal arrowhead was discovered between different parts of the upper back of The King's skeleton. What an unusual thing to find under a car park!