Court: Richard III should be reburied in Leicester
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ENGLAND’S King Richard III, whose body was discovered under a municipal car park, will be reburied near where he was slain in battle 500 years ago, a court ruled yesterday, dashing the hopes of his distant descendants who had wanted his remains to be taken back to his northern stronghold.
The unearthing two years ago of the remains of the last English king to die in battle was one of the most important archeological finds of recent years.
Richard was slain at Bosworth Field near Leicester, central England, in 1485, bringing to an end the rule of the Plantagenet dynasty after 300 years. His death was the culmination of the Wars of the Roses, a bloody 30-year power struggle between Richard’s House of York and the rival House of Lancaster.
The whereabouts of his grave had been a mystery until a skeleton with curved spine and head wounds was found by archeologists from the University of Leicester, with DNA tests confirming it was indeed the king.
The university was given permission by Britain’s Ministry of Justice to re-bury the king at Leicester Cathedral.
But the Plantagenet Alliance, a group which included some of Richard’s distant descendants, asked London’s High Court to block the burial plans, arguing the decision on the final resting place should have been a matter of public consultation.
They wanted their ancestor to be reinterred in the northern city of York, his power base during his 26-month reign.
But their case was thrown out by three of the country’s most senior judges yesterday.
“Since Richard III’s exhumation of September 5, 2012, passions have been roused and much ink has been spilt,” their ruling said. “We agree that is it is time for Richard III to be given a dignified reburial and finally laid to rest.”
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