Richard the Third

[mercia]

so is Richard 3 the only one of our monarchs of whom we hadn't thus far known the burial place? or are there others to find ?

[Beef Oven]

so is Richard 3 the only one of our monarchs of whom we hadn't thus far known the burial place? or are there others to find ?

Glad to see that we Cockneys have got our language main-streamed.

[JFLL]

NO one? Really? Funny how people so often overlook the Scots, isn't it? They'll remember us again all right when we've gone all independent...

I was talking about England, not Britain, AH. Or maybe Alex Salmond will demand that England and Wales should be given back to its rightful owners the Picts? Any evidence that the ‘Scots’ – I presume you mean the inhabitants of Scotland such as the Caledonians and Picts before the Scotti (Irish immigrants) – were ever south of the Forth and Clyde and so have a claim to southern Britain prior to that of the Welsh?

But this is getting rather OT.

[ahinton]

I was talking about England, not Britain, AH. Or maybe Alex Salmond will demand that England and Wales should be given back to its rightful owners the Picts? Any evidence that the ‘Scots’ – I presume you mean the inhabitants of Scotland such as the Caledonians and Picts before the Scotti (Irish immigrants) – were ever south of the Forth and Clyde and so have a claim to southern Britain prior to that of the Welsh?

But this is getting rather OT.

"Getting"?!...

[JFLL]

"Getting"?!...

All right, ‘has got’ if you prefer. Now who could have dragged the Scots into it?

[amateur51]

All right, ‘has got’ if you prefer. Now who could have dragged the Scots into it?

They're wearing kilts, not drag

[Barbirollians]

Interesting, isn't it?:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21282241

He was of course the last English monarch, though I haven't seen any commentator mention that.

Surely the last English monarch was Harold ?

[Beef Oven]

Amsy, ahinton & pee all on the same thread, this is gonna be a tin-bath

[Barbirollians]

If Mr Michael Ibsen is directly descended from Richard III's sister - doesn't he have a better claim to the throne than Liz and her Germanic ancestors ?

[scottycelt]

I reckon our very own Brassbandmaestro could well have the best claim of all with his Stuart, Plantagenet & Magpie connections ... ?

[Mr Pee]

Actually, I have big worries about whether the certainty over this "discovery " has more to do with career building than actual fact, or probability.

The circumstantial evidence was pretty strong anyway, but the DNA match really removes any doubt at all.

[EdgeleyRob]

"A horse , a Horse" etc.

Incidentally, this place where he was found, was it a park and ride?

Actually, I have big worries about whether the certainty over this "discovery " has more to do with career building than actual fact, or probability.

I think someone had a hunch it was him.

I hear Richard the Third has now been officially declared the 1485 world hide and seek champion

[Vile Consort]

Shouldn't that be Johnnies-come-lately?

[scottycelt]

"A horse , a Horse" etc.

Incidentally, this place where he was found, was it a park and ride?

Actually, I have big worries about whether the certainty over this "discovery " has more to do with career building than actual fact, or probability.

Isn't that a bit like doubting whether Man (and Woman) have actually been to the Moon ... ?

If the DNA and previously alleged bodily deformities and injuries have been largely confirmed that's surely pretty conclusive.

Of course it could all be one big hoax but, if so, there must be one helluva lot of scientists and other professionals in on it.

[teamsaint]

Isn't that a bit like doubting whether Man (and Woman) have actually been to the Moon ... ?

If the DNA and previously alleged bodily deformities and injuries have been largely confirmed that's surely pretty conclusive.


Of course it could all be one big hoax but, if so, there must be one helluva lot of scientists and other professionals in on it.

It doesn't convince me. But then I don't believe everything I am told.
There is usually more to things than meets the eye.
Anyway, who cares?The real stories lie elsewhere.....