Skeleton found in parking lot identified as that of England's King Richard III, experts say

Fox News ^ | February 04, 2013 | Fox News

[AngieGal]

He wore the English crown, but he ended up defeated, humiliated and reviled.

Now things are looking up for King Richard III. Scientists announced Monday that they had found the monarch's 500-year-old remains under a parking lot in the city of Leicester -- a discovery Richard's fans say will inspire new research into his maligned history.

University of Leicester researchers say tests on a battle-scarred skeleton unearthed last year prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that it is the king, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, and whose remains have been missing for centuries.

"Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England, has been found," said the university's deputy registrar, Richard Taylor....

DNA from the skeleton matched a sample taken from a distant living relative of Richard's sister. Geneticist Turi King said Michael Ibsen, a Canadian carpenter living in London, shares with the skeleton a rare strain of mitochondrial DNA. She said combined with the archaeological evidence, that left little doubt the skeleton belonged to Richard.

Ibsen said he was "stunned" to discover he was related to the king -- he is a 17th great-grand-nephew of Richard's older sister.

[AngieGal]

[DManA]

new research into his maligned history

He was a king therefore he was an A-hole.

[Joe 6-pack]

Sic transit gloria mundi.

[twister881]

Wow, must be tough finding a parking spot in the UK! ;~)

[Hot Tabasco]

Skeleton found in parking lot identified as that of England's King Richard III

And in other news, Prince Albert was found in a can......coincidence?

[Our man in washington]

What a place to end up. Couldn’t someone have driven the body to the cemetery? I’m sure he’d have been willing to give his kingdom for a hearse.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

He should be buried in Westminster Abby like all the other kings of England, great and infamous. At least he inspired a great Shakespeare Play.

[libstripper]

One look at that spine tells us why he was called “hump backed Dick.” Even the royals didn’t necessarily have it all that well back then.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Really. And I thought I had to wait a long time for a web page to download.

[skeeter]

Someone finally get this man a horse.

[KC_Lion]

[Huskrrrr]

Paved paradise...

[ConorMacNessa]

King Richard:
A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!

Catesby:
Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse.

King Richard:
Slave! I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die.

Richard The Third Act 5, scene 4, 7–10



Keep Faith with the Fallen of Benghazi! Let the Obama Regime, for once, tell the Truth!

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[varina davis]

Looks like he had terrible scoliosis of the spine!

[Red Badger]

Now things are looking up for King Richard III.

Beats looking up at the underside of an old MG or Mini.....................

[elcid1970]

“I’m sure he’d have been willing to give his kingdom for a hearse.”

For that you will be brought before the House Pun-American Activities Committee.

Any time I see a reassembled skeleton I start hearing xylophone music in my head.

;^)

[GadareneDemoniac]

It would be funny if the distant relative tries to establish a claim on the throne.

[trailboss800]

Buried under a parking lot? Sound like the the Jimmy Hoffa of his day.

[DManA]

500 years ago:

There goes the king.
How do you know he's the king?
He's the only one not covered in sh*t.

Today

There lies the king.
How do you klnow he's the king. He's covered in sh*t like everyone else