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cool. nt xchrom Feb 2013 #1
Geez, everyone knows... gadjitfreek Feb 2013 #2
And this man has been alive 600 years to present a documentary about the time ... muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #3
that was definitely worth the time to watch. Maine-ah Feb 2013 #27
Thanks for posting that! Berlin Expat Feb 2013 #30
I really enjoyed this! ReRe Feb 2013 #44
That was fascinating! trayfoot Feb 2013 #47
This was great. Thanks for the link! n/t winter is coming Feb 2013 #60
Thank you Berlum Feb 2013 #74
A Blackadder reference? Here? tclambert Feb 2013 #5
But I am King Penguin! Paulie Feb 2013 #6
nuh-uh. i like edna too bedazzled Feb 2013 #10
Fan of the show - forget that I have Blacketter's in my family tree!! jwirr Feb 2013 #41
Oh, please. aquart Feb 2013 #46
I LOVE Blackadder! n/t bitchkitty Feb 2013 #73
Thank you for confirming! mascarax Feb 2013 #24
I loved that show too. Beacool Feb 2013 #35
I wonder if the reburial will be Catholic rites. n/t sarge43 Feb 2013 #4
I'm more concerned about where he will be buried T_i_B Feb 2013 #7
Good point. sarge43 Feb 2013 #8
York's claims Tansy_Gold Feb 2013 #12
I wish for a York burial, too, Matilda Feb 2013 #67
Good question. It damn well should be. aquart Feb 2013 #48
I believe you're thinking of Elizabeth of York. sarge43 Feb 2013 #56
Yes. As to most women being forced... aquart Feb 2013 #79
Indeed sarge43 Feb 2013 #84
No; she married Sir Thomas St. Leger muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #65
How did Henry VII miss her in the purge? aquart Feb 2013 #71
Because there wasn't a 'purge' muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #72
And yet so many ended up so dead. aquart Feb 2013 #82
It had to be a purely female descent, to use thr mitochondrial DNA muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #83
Could anything have been done at the time to correct/ameliorate it? winter is coming Feb 2013 #75
Buried under a parking lot lunatica Feb 2013 #9
How the mighty have fallen......... Beacool Feb 2013 #36
He deserved worse Ian Iam Feb 2013 #59
I'm just wondering why Shakespeare hosed him over so badly. Archae Feb 2013 #11
Shakespeare lived and wrote under the Tudors n/t Tansy_Gold Feb 2013 #13
I take it then Richard III wasn't liked by the Tudors. Archae Feb 2013 #16
The founder of the Tudor dynasty was Henry Tudor aka Earl of Richmond aka Henry VII. sarge43 Feb 2013 #19
After Richard had Elizabeth's two young brothers murderd so he could claim Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #22
Richard III is one of three possible murders of those children happyslug Feb 2013 #33
I'm apparently descended from Henry VII. Guess he wasn't such a great guy........ kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #61
Old saying "Bastards and Cream float to the top" happyslug Feb 2013 #66
Er.....no. T_i_B Feb 2013 #20
Well, Henry shut down the Yorkists by killing off most of them. sarge43 Feb 2013 #25
I think he is the best suspect Scairp Feb 2013 #43
After Titulus Regius, the boys were no longer a legal threat to Richard Tansy_Gold Feb 2013 #52
But Blowtorch_Evans Feb 2013 #57
The Earl of Richmond's granddaughter could close down the theaters with one word. sarge43 Feb 2013 #18
Excuse me? Tansy_Gold Feb 2013 #26
Forgive me for using the impersonal "you". sarge43 Feb 2013 #29
Okay, that makes more sense! Tansy_Gold Feb 2013 #31
Read The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. aquart Feb 2013 #49
Next Jimmy Hoffa! JoeBlowToo Feb 2013 #14
Lol Scairp Feb 2013 #58
Restless spirit... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #15
My Kingdom for a Parking Lot... pink-o Feb 2013 #17
BREAKING: Traces of Richard III DNA found in Tesco burgers NYC Liberal Feb 2013 #21
How about my kingdom for a Jaguar? BigAnth Feb 2013 #45
How do you know he's a king? He hasn't got shit all over him. n/t Ian David Feb 2013 #23
Cockney Rhyming Slang Blowtorch_Evans Feb 2013 #53
That is funny. hrmjustin Feb 2013 #54
Thanks n/t Blowtorch_Evans Feb 2013 #55
I have Plantagenets in my ancestry...this is as far back as it goes: thecrow Feb 2013 #28
We're extremely distant half cousins! csziggy Feb 2013 #38
Eltweed? aquart Feb 2013 #50
Yes, it was a common given name in that family csziggy Feb 2013 #68
I hope a copy of his skull is made before burial so his visage can be restored. mgc1961 Feb 2013 #32
Oh, I want that for Christmas! aquart Feb 2013 #51
They've done a reconstruction for the TV programme that has just started in the UK muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #62
They're planning to do that, actually Posteritatis Feb 2013 #64
Sheesh, you get here late and all the good jokes have already been taken. ;-) n/t eggplant Feb 2013 #34
Around here if you snooze, you lose. Beacool Feb 2013 #37
Verdict on Richard III's remains......... T_i_B Feb 2013 #70
It Was The "Aevill MuthreFuchre" Neck Chain That Made Positive I.D. Posible..... (nt) Paladin Feb 2013 #39
I thought they already knew where Nixon was buried. Kablooie Feb 2013 #40
Over acting: El Supremo Feb 2013 #42
It's Good To Be The King JoKandice Feb 2013 #63
Good. Gemini Cat Feb 2013 #69
Now the Queen needs to allow testing to be done on the Two Princes in the Tower Drale Feb 2013 #76
I don't think you could be that accurate muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #77
Still its unknown whether the 2 bodies found near the tower Drale Feb 2013 #78
Pretty sure you can't tell who ordered a murder from DNA.. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #80
You could answer some questions from the ages of the children. Matilda Feb 2013 #81
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