BBC British History's Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsley 1of3 The Wars Of The Roses
Posted on 07/15/2018 2:52:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The dental record reveals that Richard III had no congenitally missing teeth, in sharp contrast to the 'bones in the urn', where both skulls are said to present this genetic anomaly. Previously it has been argued that this feature provided strong evidence of the royal identity of the 'bones in the urn'. It was claimed that the 'Princes' inherited their missing teeth from their grandmother, Cecily, Duchess of York. But Dr Ashdown-Hill's latest discovery strongly suggests that the 'bones in the urn' are not related to Cecily's son, Richard III, who was a first degree relative of the 'Princes'.
Scientific studies of hypodontia (congenitally missing teeth) have further suggested that the anomaly is relatively rare, being present in less than 5% of the population, and is slightly more prevalent in the female population. This discovery adds further weight to the many questions now surrounding the identity of the 'bones in the urn', and raises the possibility that the remains may even be those of as yet unidentified females.
In 1674, the bones were discovered at the Tower of London by workmen digging ten feet below the stairs that led from the Royal Apartments to the White Tower. Four years later, they were reburied in the urn in Westminster Abbey by Charles II who had been persuaded to accept that the remains were the 'Princes in the Tower'... What caused the four-year delay in the reburial of the bones in Westminster during the reign of Charles II, where the bones were kept during this time, and if they are indeed the same bones that were discovered in 1674 by the workmen, is also not known.
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He was a warrior king. I think he’d like the present Queen and the rest would leave him cold!
I often wonder what Henry II or Henry V would think of this current crop of girly boys. Charles would leave them weeping, LOL.
First he was murdered by henchmen of an illegitimate usurper, then the fake news kicked in. :^)
Kings - Steely Dan
Now they lay his body down
Sad old men who run this town
I still recall the way
He led the charge and saved the day
Blue blood and rain
I can hear the bugle playin’
We seen the last of Good King Richard
Ring out the past his name lives on
Roll out the bones and raise up your pitcher
Raise up your glass to Good King John
While he plundered far and wide
All his starving children cried
And though we sung his fame
We all went hungry just the same
He meant to shine
To the end of the line
We seen the last of Good King Richard
Ring out the past his name lives on
Roll out the bones and raise up your pitcher
Raise up your glass to Good King John
Lovely, I will look forward to watching. Thank you.
Both of them, I hope, they’re both worth watching.
I think they look very good. One thing the British can do very well is theatre even the semi-documentary kind. :-)
I didn’t watch all of it but it is a typical British “documentary” - half humorous, half serious. She gets some things right, too.
Henry didn’t take part in the battle. He only emerged from his tent after Richard had been brutally executed. I still love the fact that Richard took down one of his giant bodyguards with a single blow of his battle ax. When you see how his scoliosis affected him, you can see his courage and determination and strength! What a guy.
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