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
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