Richard III returns to Bosworth Field for final time

The Telegraph ^ | 3/22/2015 | Sarah Knapton

[Prospero]

The last time Richard III was at Bosworth Field the outcome proved less than satisfactory for the King.

The battle, which was the last significant skirmish in the War of the Roses, saw Richard not only lose the English throne but also his life.

[Prospero]

Let fall thy lance:
despair, and die!

[Perdogg]

ping

[Dog]

Broken link.

[gorush]

It’s not just me, then.

[Dog]

No.....lol

[Prospero]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/11488368/Richard-III-returns-to-Bosworth-Field-for-final-time.html

[skeeter]

His kingdom for a friggen horse.

[miss marmelstein]

10,000 people have lined the streets of Leicester. The cortege is loaded down with white roses thrown from the crowd. Better late than never, I say.

[Colorado Doug]

Try this one. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/11488368/Richard-III-returns-to-Bosworth-Field-for-final-time.html

[sauropod]

read

[mass55th]

This is a link to the BBC blog about the cortege:

Farewell to the King

His reinterment is Thursday at Leicester Cathedral.

[spokeshave]

[spokeshave]

[nickcarraway]

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.

[nickcarraway]

[nickcarraway]

You beat me to it.

[TontoKowalski]

Very interesting. Perhaps he's been forgiven for the Little Princes.

I recently watched "The White Queen" on Amazon. I know it's a fictionalized account, but the story was really quite interesting.

Of course, that generated some research on how things really played out. The most interesting thing I uncovered? That Henry's marriage to Elizabeth of York, which was purely political, ended up being something of a love match.

Also, Margaret Beaufort was every bit as driven and dedicated to Henry's cause as was depicted in the series.

[Tax-chick]

I’m reading a biography of Henry VII right now. The author agrees that Henry and Elizabeth ended up with a genuinely affectionate relationship - largely because she was a really, really nice person ;-).

He went downhill after she died.

[TontoKowalski]

Yes, that aligns with the research I've done... which is not thesis level, just for my own education... when Elizabeth died, Henry went on a downward spiral from which he never recovered.

Apparently he went into a deep and honest mourning every year on the anniversary of her death. Not for "show" but genuinely tortured by the loss.

[Tax-chick]

That’s what my book says.

He ended up doing a lot of harm, and there was general rejoicing at his death.