[asp1]

" Or perhaps, the remains of the Little Princes, right under the floor, in Henry VII's old bedroom. "

Now that would be interesting. I think Richard had less to do with their death's than Henry did.

[SunkenCiv]

Definitely. The Parliament had issued the Titulus Regius spelling out the succession, which pushed aside the children in favor of Richard (on the basis that their father had been married before, albiet briefly, making the children illegitimate -- this was before Henry VIII's schism), who was not therefore a usurper, but the legitimate monarch. After Richard's murder by treachery on the battlefield, Henry VII had to get the Titulus Regius destroyed, and all were collected and burned, save one that was overlooked (hence its contents and existence is known). He did this in order to marry the sister of the Little Princes so that he'd have a claim to the throne that would hold up; but by relegitimizing the princess, the Little Princes suddenly became the legitimate heirs of Richard III's late elder brother and predecessor. So, he had them disappear, pinned it on Richard III...

[3AngelaD]

Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey. Excellent book. Makes the case that Richard III was maligned.The lady did not think highly of the Tudors. Oh, and the Princes' bones were found in a staircase in the Tower, not in Greenwich.