This seems like only yesterday but today marks ten whole years since the (re)burial of King Richard III.
His remains were located on the first day of an archaeological dig in September 2012, in a car park in Leicester (pronounced Lester), site of the Grey Friars Priory. After his death, Richard had been hastily buried without too much fuss within the Priory and following the dissolution of the monasteries his resting place seemingly lost.
Circumstantial evidence, radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis (of descendants of his elder sister) were used to conclude beyond reasonable doubt these were the remains of the last Plantagenet monarch of England.
His remains confirmed the stories his body had likely been abused, with at least some of his 11 wounds being post mortem, and perhaps more importantly he had severe scoliosis. This would likely have meant the King would probably appeared to have a humped back or at least one shoulder noticeably higher than the other. Until then this was considered something an act of Elizabethan propaganda, by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
On 26 March 2015 King Richard III was given a more fitting burial at Leicester Cathedral.
Below are images of a contemporary painting of the King, a reconstruction based on his skull, and images of his resting place in Grey Friars Priory and (later) Leicester Cathedral.
