King Richard 3.............

Come on folks this is massive news and has shown how history and science can work wonders.
Should our fella who loved this great County of ours so much be buried in the Minster at York following the protocol of that era rather than the fact he was found nearer to Leicester cathedral with which he seems to have no or little links at all (apart from the fact he was killed nearby and paraded there).
Despite all that's been levelled at him and since in the main been found totally ridiculous or at best unproven , this man loved this county and spent most of his time here prior to being made king of England.
What do you think................?

Everything points to him wanting to be buried at York, there was some comment on the news at lunchtime that part of the deal to allow the excavation to go ahead was that if it was proved to be Richard he must remain in Leicester,
So never mind what they want, what about what he acording to legend/fact wanted

Dagenham Rover wrote:Everything points to him wanting to be buried at York, there was some comment on the news at lunchtime that part of the deal to allow the excavation to go ahead was that if it was proved to be Richard he must remain in Leicester,
So never mind what they want, what about what he acording to legend/fact wanted

Sorry about my tone on the VSC Daggers but this is an important discovery but most folk nowadays seem to have little regard for history (and science in this case)..........that's why the friggin country and everything that's made it great can be dismantled without a murmur. Bit by bit .
Btw modern laws say that a body of this nature has to be buried in the nearest cathedral/church apparently. So on that basis if the Queen drops dead in Edlington presumably she would be buried in Wakefield/Sheffield cathedral whatever her wishes and/or intentions look as though they might have been.
York is the obvious place and keeps him close to a son he loved and buried here as well as his wife. It's a commonly held view that his intention was to have a mausoleum in York hence the reason that they were given fortunes to prepare the place.
So what do we do instead , yes we bury him at a multi-cultural service in a low status church of England cathedral amongst foreigners. Just to rub it in , it happens to be the place where he was treacherously betrayed and publicly humiliated. Karma I don't think so.

Its ok, as I said I agree with you, get him back to York as per his wishes

anyway did you here the one about NCP...................................

sorry just couldn't resist

Dagenham Rover wrote:Its ok, as I said I agree with you, get him back to York as per his wishes

anyway did you here the one about NCP...................................

sorry just couldn't resist

Checked your figures it's nearer £ 3.5 million.

If anybodys missed it

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/38772

Dagenham Rover wrote:If anybodys missed it

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/38772

Over 9000 signatures on this petition at the last glance. I still don't get the raison-d'etre for choosing Leicester . Their argument is that they've paid for it (untrue most of the money came from Ricardians) and that their University did all the research (again untrue as experts both nationally and internationally have given their time and expertise).
However I see little chance of over-turning this as possession is 9/10ths of the law and commitments made without first consulting folk and looking at alternatives.
It seems to me that the conversation may have gone along these lines '' it's our car park and inconvenience and we're doing nowt unless we can keep him to enhance the status of our crappy cathedral and city'' and of course the ministry involved readily and sheepishly agreed.