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Eichhörnchen 03-25-15 04:15 AM
Richard III being laid to rest tomorrow
 
http://i.imgur.com/MO8rRbw.jpg?1

Attention all Richards: the much-maligned king's remains are to be laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral tomorrow, Thursday 26 March.

Already the scramble to cash in on this incredible event has been described as a "money-grabbing pantomime" and includes such offers as a "Richard The Third Haircut" at £25. Tango589 will no doubt be first in the chair...

Torvald Von Mansee 03-25-15 04:44 AM
Didn't he want to be interred in York?

Torplexed 03-25-15 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee (Post 2300639)
Didn't he want to be interred in York?
I guess anything beats being interred in a car park. :D

Eichhörnchen 03-25-15 05:35 AM
I've had a quick look through the various articles online relating to the tussle over where he should be buried; local historians say that whereas he had no connection with Leicester other than it being the place of his death, he spent most of his adult life in York but there is "no evidence" that he wanted to be buried there either.

Oberon 03-25-15 06:25 AM
York would have been much preferable to Leicester. Nothing against Leicester but York was his stomping ground, I mean he's not known as Richard of Leicester, he's Richard of York.
But, like Torplexed says, either place is better than a car park. :yep:

Jimbuna 03-25-15 06:35 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2300651)
York would have been much preferable to Leicester. Nothing against Leicester but York was his stomping ground, I mean he's not known as Richard of Leicester, he's Richard of York.
But, like Torplexed says, either place is better than a car park. :yep:
Rgr that :yep:

August 03-25-15 10:20 PM
Isn't there some kind of official Royal burial ground, maybe at Westminster Abbey?

CCIP 03-25-15 10:25 PM
As noted on Wiki on the topic,

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The University of Leicester's initial plan was to have Richard's body interred in Leicester Cathedral, in keeping with British legal norms which hold that Christian burials excavated by archaeologists should be reburied in the nearest consecrated ground to the original grave. This had been a condition of the licence granted by the Ministry of Justice to exhume any human remains found during the excavation. The present British Royal Family made no claim on the remains – Queen Elizabeth II was reportedly consulted but rejected the idea of a royal burial

Aktungbby 03-25-15 11:07 PM
AHEM!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eichhornchen (Post 2300633)
http://i.imgur.com/MO8rRbw.jpg?1

Attention all Richards: the much-maligned king's remains are to be laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral tomorrow, Thursday 26 March.

Already the scramble to cash in on this incredible event has been described as a "money-grabbing pantomime" and includes such offers as a "Richard The Third Haircut" at £25. Tango589 will no doubt be first in the chair...
Already noted: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2300085#post2300085:Kaleun_Goofy: Moderator Please merge! with Neal's White Queen thread; after all it's the Yorkist thread and this is a happy Yorkist ending.:D

Wolferz 03-26-15 06:04 AM
Why not crush his bones into dust and spread him all over GB?:hmmm:

That way, everyone gets a little Dick III.

Oberon 03-26-15 06:25 AM
Good point CCIP, and I guess the last word must be had by Richard III himself
Quote:
Spoof account Richard III tweets: For the LAST time. I don't want to be buried in York, It floods, I'm too old for any more COLD water baths, and there's rubbish curry houses

Jimbuna 03-26-15 07:14 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2300919)
Good point CCIP, and I guess the last word must be had by Richard III himself
He did go on to say "I hear there is a half decent model shop at Monk Bar only twenty yards from my museum so I can always look forward to meeting Jimbuna and the Quality Street Gang" :03:

STEED 03-26-15 08:19 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2300916)
Why not crush his bones into dust and spread him all over GB?:hmmm:

That way, everyone gets a little Dick III.
Your have the environmental agency after you for pollution.

Wolferz 03-26-15 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by STEED (Post 2300954)
Your have the environmental agency after you for pollution.
Well, steer clear of the streams and water sheds.
Any way, it's just calcium. Not a pollutant. :O::03:

Going by that logic...
Where he was buried before should be labeled a toxic waste dump.:Kaleun_Sick::timeout:

Schroeder 03-26-15 09:48 AM
I don't get the hype about this. The guy has been dead for 500 years so why is everyone so excited as if a lost family member was found?:doh:


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