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Controversy erupts over where Richard III’s recently discovered bones will be buried

Justice minister Thomas McNally said parliament should not intervene in the row over where the recently uncovered remains of Richard III will be buried. In a letter issued the day after descendants of the monarch called for the remains to be interred in York, McNally said the decision was to…

Richard III’s scarred skeleton becomes a battlefield for academics

As in 1485, once the death of the king was confirmed, the arguments started. Was the search for the man in the car park a stunt and a media circus, or a classic piece of research archaeology based on sound science, which opens a window on a period of history…

Confirmed: Richard III’s skull and skeleton found in British parking garage

British archaelogists hunting for the lost remains of King Richard III on Monday revealed the first image of a battle-scarred skull found at a car park ahead of what they said would be a “major announcement” about their findings. More than five centuries after the mediaeval king was killed in…