Dick the Turd....exhumed?

[kengillard]

will remember Shakespeares' play...did it in School.

his skeleton has been found. after 500  years.

[tasfleur]

Poor old King Richard, fancy ending up in a supermarket parking lot ... 😐 ... but he was a very naughty king.

[tasfleur]

(I mean he was a very naughty king according to Shakespeare)! .. 😛

[serendipityricho]

Geez Gilly -you mean King Richard the Third-lol.

Been on the cooking sherry again-rofl.........................Richo.

[cherry*135]

He was buried in a church, which ended up being under a carpark now.

Didn't they build on top of old towns etc, after the plague or something? Or is that in the wrong time frame?

[cat_mioux]

I don't think he was as bad as Shakespeare made him appear to be.

Here is Richard III telling Shakespeare what's what.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxTim7fJLis

[cat_mioux]

Straight from Dick III's mouth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JczvS1PL4

[nevynreally]

The victors always got to rewrite history.

[i-need-a-martini]

I read about this. All fascinating.

[cat_mioux]

Yep Tudor propaganda to justify why they took the crown from the Plantagenets.