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It's him! It's him!

tobehost · February 4, 2013 · 1 Comment

The skeleton found in a car park in Leicester last August has been positively identified as that of England’s lost king, Richard III.
At a press conference held at the University of Leicester today, Richard Buckley, lead archaeologist on the project, announced that the DNA evidence proves “beyond reasonable doubt the individual exhumed at Grey Friars on September 12th is indeed Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England”.
Read more at www.guardian.co.uk

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  1. Marilyn says

    February 16, 2013 at 10:59 pm

    I don’t know if you have seen this Documentary but I watched it the other day and thought your followers might enjoy seeing how much work and time went into finally finding Richard III. http://youtu.be/3uUycrk5AfY

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