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A book about this case was assigned in one of my college history courses (many years ago). It was sad and sickening to read about what most likely happened to those two boys.
What kind of people would be attracted like a magnet to the magnitude of wealth and power concentrated in a place like Washington? This question casts light on the number of people who go there poor and leave as multimillionaires after a few years. It also casts light on Donald Trump, who actually lost wealth serving as President and gave his Presidential salary to charity.
Some random thoughts of the skeptical kind:
The inconvenient young Princes were kept in the Tower because of their claim on the succession, a substantial threat first to Richard III, then Henry VII. (Though, conceivably R-III put his nephews there to protect from H-VII). It’s hard to believe the Princes would have: been given a Royal Chain of Office, ever; or, been allowed to possess such a powerful symbol within the Tower, such that their killers could have seized upon it. Those wanting to promote the rights of Prince Edward, or weaken Henry VII, might have created such a chain, before or after the Princes’ presumed deaths.
That Margaret Capel’s Will says the bequeathed chain had belonged to Edward V does not make it true, even if she believed it so. Wikipedi notes that “Capel loaned money on the security of jewellery” — that’s a great way to end up with gold chains, of real or hyped provenances.
Sir Giles Capell was definitely in the camp of Henry VII. Would he want anything to do with a Yorkist Chain of Office, the mere existence of which challenges Henry VII’s right to the throne?
Anyway — This mysteries remains eternally fascinating specifically because we’ll never know the truth of it. As always, thank you for finding and posting interesting things that give perspective. Compared to the Past, the Present is such a Wimp.