Richard III Found!!?

[diggernotdreamer]

There was a brilliant programme on last night. The Richard 111 Society raised 10k to start the dig. The cameras were there at the very start. They found he had scoliosis but not a withered arm and confirmed the identity by the accounts of his death and the marks on the skull and found a descendent they could cross match dna with. It was on channel 4 (UK) and I am guessing there will be repeats,

[oldjerry]

NEWSFLASH....................Richard III confirmed as winner of the 1485 'Hide and Seek' Championship..................

[Mrs Moustoir]

I watched and enjoyed the documentary on the dig and subsequent identification of Richard III.

Apparently, he had a very feminine build - very slender and fine boned. Of course, that reminded me of Tom Baker's legless sailor in Blackadder 2. "Arrrrrr, you have a woman's legs" etc...

[Crickleymal]

Yes that did spring to mind. What also keeps springing to my mind is a Two Ronnies sketch done in rhyming slang where RB narrates the tale of a man who finds a small brown Richard the Third in the street. It eventually flies away.

[Crickleymal]

It's good his bones have been found and reassembled. I love it when a Plantagenate comes together

[Sally Jane]

It's good his bones have been found and reassembled. I love it when a Plantagenate comes together

That is sooo painful! But I really did laugh out loud, for a change..!

[the.fee.fairy]

I saw both the documentaries on him. I've always been a bit of a RIII fan.

My sister used to walk across that carpark daily when she was in Uni in Leicester. She feels a bit guilty for stomping on him now

The hunchback thing does make me wonder how accurate historical reporting is. I know they say that History is written by the winners, but for years people have been sayign that RIII was a fine strapping lad with no physical problems...then we find out that he's got a hunchback and girly arms (they found less muscle markers than usually expected for a fit man on his bones, and concluded that his muscles weren't defined).