King Richard III funeral live Leicester. R.I.P RIchard 3

[markpkessinger]

Sharing just because, hey, it isn't every day you get to see a royal funeral for a King who died 530 years ago!

My first reaction was, well, that it was rather a plain box for a king. But it turns out the coffin was built by the descendant of Richard III whose DNA was used to confirm Dick 3's identity. Fascinating!

(Note that that members of the royal family did not attend. This was, after all, the King their ancestor, Henry Tudor, killed in battle, after which HEnry became Henry VII!)

[DURHAM D]

1. F the Tudors.

Henry VIII beheaded my 13th Great Grandfather on December 9, 1538 at Tower Hill. But at least he released my 13th Great Grandmother after two years and Mary I released their son in 1553.

[NaturalHigh]

4. Are you being serious?

If so you've done some serious research on your ancestry. You should write a book!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. How fascinating! Thank you, my dear markpkessinger, for this wonderful recording.

I was sad when it ended; I had wanted to see the whole service.

I wonder if there is more on the internet.

But thank you for this! It was wonderful.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Not only did royal family members attend; the Duke of Gloucester read one of the lessons

(the present queen's cousin), and he placed Richard's prayer book on the coffin. The Countess of Wessex was also there, representing the queen.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/11495617/Reburial-of-Richard-III-As-it-happened.html

[markpkessinger]

7. Correction . . .

. . . I should have stated that the Queen and her immediate family did not attend.

[Takket]

5. sort of bizarre for me...

The monarchy has only been figureheads for as long as I've been alive. Seeing an actual reigning monarch laid to rest is a bit like going back in time.

[RobinA]

6. I've Taken This Opportunity

to pull the copy of Richard III off my bookshelf and finally read it. It's been waiting for me for about 20 years now.

[jwirr]

8. Thank you for sharing. It is kind of moving to be in on the end of an event that happened so long

ago. I gives you a feeling on things continuing throughout history.

[KittyWampus]

9. The last Plantagenet King. I've spent the last 2 years reading about them.

Not an uninteresting monarch in the bunch. The Plantagenet rulers were either very good or very bad.