LOL :)

Cool photos of the skeleton! The 3rd degree osteoarthritis of the vertebra, nice!

Come on guys.

King Richard III found under a carpark and no one is making a speed hump joke?????

Richard III
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Hunchback
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Carpark

Its all there. :yeah:

At least Shakespeare thought so

Ah so this is the duplicate on King Richard. Sorry but I didn't read this thread before posting mine. :oops:

:hmmm: But isn't the UK all about affairs... Royal or not? :03: At least he's getting a propper send off and burial.


Yes it would. I want to see Obama right there next to Queen Elizabeth in her tank.... riding on his flee infested camel. :D

Nope, I believe he was found under the sidewalk. So.... he must have been sidewalk humping.

With all those cars running over him must have gotten the hump out, at least his name wasn't Phil..

:har: Beat me to the punch. Since Steed is flipping the bill, put me down for tickets.

We'll just change Steed's name to Seabass and...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUvV0BOiE6E

Don't we have enough politicians? Do you really see a necessity in digging up more? :O:

That made me :haha:

I've heard it called 'The Civil Servant' - It didn't work and couldn't be fired. But yes, the A2s are a nice weapon and the sights, even before the recent upgrades, are quite astounding, how it manages to adjust between short and long range so easily with minimal blurriness. I was impressed when I took a look at the demo weapon at an airshow. Of course, this is from the Ministry that brought you the Sterling, RB44, and the Rarden. :doh:

http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Category...ment_Mysteries

I wonder if the truth of what happened at Bosworth Field will ever become general knowledge. I mean, Richards nephews grew up to be full grown men, and Richard was actually killed by his sniveling great nephew Edmund: the 'Black Adder.'

Wouldn't this be more appropriate?
http://jonathanbrim.com/wordpress/wp...t-designed.jpg

very interesting news.

Regarding the funeral, he was King of England, so it will be a "royal funeral" and should be handled appropriately in the circumstances.

I would not be surprised if some of the royals attended, certainly not the Queen, but perhaps Charles or one of his sons. Richard was not only a king, but also family since Henry VII, his "successor" married Richard's niece to strengthen his claim to the throne.

Plus if the Royals don't attend, it will just keep fueling the conspiracy theories that the Tudors are not the rightful Kings/Queens of England.

R.I.P King Richard.

As someone who once went through a long obsession with the whole Plantagenet/York/Lancaster thing, I have to say that this is indeed very, very cool. :rock:

What I don't understand though is how they knew to dig there. :hmmm:

Maybe they just had a hunch?

Frau K, I think your logic is skewed. Curved, even.

Describe this long obsession. Did you visit these places? Have you stallked all the belligerents on facebook? Can you explain why all the plants are named Janet?

:roll:

:nope:





:O:

"Are"? There hasn't been a Tudor monarch since Elizabeth I died in 1603. Well, a case could be made for a very loose connection from Liz1's cousin Mary Queen of Scots, through her granddaughter Elizabeth Stuart, herself the grandmother of George I, but it's a bit of a stretch to call the Tudors.

I've read they strongly suspected he was buried at Greyfriars and the parking lot would have been on grounds? Anyway, as a history geek, fascinating stuff.

yes, but they all trace their "claim" back to Henry VII. Queen Elizabeth herself is a direct descendant of Henry VII. Henry VII himself had a tenuous claim to the throne.

After the death of King Richard III, many of his relatives had a better claim to the english crown than Henry. In fact, the Tudors had several potential male claimants killed off after 1485, following very dodgy "trials", the very thing they accused King Richard of doing.

For centuries, the location of Richard’s body has been unknown. Records say he was buried by the Franciscan monks of Grey Friars at their church in Leicester, 160 kilometres north of London. The church was closed and dismantled after King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1538, and its location eventually was forgotten.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02...d-parking-lot/