How King Richard III Remains Were Discovered and Confirmed

The remains of King Richard III are being reburied tomorrow in Leicester thanks to science and a Canadian descendant of the king.
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[@hvrtguys]

I could just see her going through airport security. 'So what's in the bag lady?' 'Umm..... King Richard the third'

[@netajithevar296]

Security: Who?

[@Patrika84]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@equarg]

Jared D Oh I bet airport security had fun with that!

[@michaelwarwick9930]

'So what's in the bag, lady?' Please preserve the beautiful English language. :-))

[@emiliejayne_st]

Ikr

[@taylorw]

Not a word of Phillipa Langley’s incredible tenacity in finding his remains?

[@brandonbentley8532]

Funny how we forget where we put things...even kings.

[@loditx7706]

brandon bentley: but the things that matter we continually look for.

[@nkley1]

I know exactly where it is.....I just can’t find it.

[@roseandstem8054]

😂😂

[@actsfive30]

Lol

[@1256exotics]

Whahhahahahha

[@oliviamalerich462]

Take a shot every time the narrator mentions Canada...

[@jesusrosales8424]

I did this and woke up the next day hungover

[@amandaglidewell8451]

YagirlOlivia01 it’s a Canadian channel.

[@caveman__27]

Thanks now I got alcohol poisoning

[@ilustrado7291]

That makes sense now. HAHA

[@BDNeon]

@@amandaglidewell8451 Yeah, but... I'm pretty sure most countries own channels don't heavily emphasize every time someone from their own country is from their own country. I mean, maybe a mention in passing, like "... and of the street cats in Turkey, here we have Suzie, an American born foreign national, looking after a colony of a dozen...", but the way this channel is like putting a giant billboard with flashing lights over every tie to Canada, like "OMG CANADA ALERT LOOK LOOK A CANADIAN!" it's just a bit silly don't you think? And don't get me wrong, I like Canada and their culture. Gordon Lightfoot is my fav musician, I love the Long Dark video game, and I used to love watching Canadian-produced animation when I was a kid. But come on, this is a bit silly don't you think?

[@Georgexb]

In that car park for 500 years, must have acquired a fair few tickets

[@purplehead9170]

😂😂😂👍

[@jonescrusher1]

reeeee

[@Barkmann94]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@timmorodgers4271]

It’s OK, he was disabled so had a blue badge.

[@Locutus]

As king, he would have been exempt from paying them!

[@Dunbardoddy]

Philippa Langley led the search for Richard III in a council car park in Leicester through her original Looking For Richard Project. Philippa conceived, facilitated and commissioned this unique historical investigation. Following seven and a half years of enquiry, she identified the likely location of the church and grave, instructing exhumation of the human remains uncovered in that exact location. Her project marked the first-ever search for the lost grave of an anointed King of England. She is President of the Scottish Branch of the Richard III Society and in 2015 was awarded Membership of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) by HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace.

[@LynneConnolly]

not true. She was part of a team that already knew where his burial was. A valued member. She didn't lead the team.

[@micheal197012]

Sorry Lyne , thats not correct. Phillippa researched the evidence to pin point the grave. Which she has been credited for. She was the one focused on the grave. The team wanted to dig else where.

[@LynneConnolly]

@@micheal197012 they were more interested in the Grey Friars. The paper published in 1984 by David Baldwin suggested the Grey Friars chapel as the site of the burial. A later study by Audrey Strange pinpointed the car park as the location of the grave. If PL had read those, she'd have saved herself a lot of time. They already know where he was. Philippa and the Society commissioned the first radiology scan of the site, which helped to persuade the local Council to allow the dig and contribute the balance of the money for the project. The University provided 80% of the cost, and led the project, with PL a valued member of the team. The movie distorts the reality and tries to give PL the whole credit. It is about as accurate as Braveheart. Her wild claims of misogyny and being ignored and even metoo are undermined by the welcome the University gave her, including her in all press conferences about the discovery. And the fact that the team who worked on the project was 50% female.

[@LynneConnolly]

@@micheal197012 the team identified 3 sites of interest, both for the grave and the chapel, then decided on the car park. They wanted to dig a couple of experimental trenches and then consider their findings, but by a stroke of luck, they found the grave. PL deserved her MBA for her determination and perseverance but the claims that it was all her are wrong.

[@LynneConnolly]

@@micheal197012 you know the university and council already knew the location of the grave, and had for around 20 years.

[@simgill3642]

its so shameful for the maker of this documentary for not mentioning Philippa Langley. the way the university treated and ignored her. Its only because of her they found Richard III.

[@nforne]

Indeed, it was pretty much all down to Philippa and John Ashdown-Hill. The crucial DNA evidence was entirely John’s work. All their research was handed to the university on a plate after Time Team turned it down.

[@georgewhitehead8185]

It would have a better history, and more accurately complete, if they would have included some facts about Philippa Langley, because she was the initiator, and driving force behind this entire discovery. Without her, there would have been no story about the discovery, and confirmation of King Richard III. Philippa Langley is to be forever honored. Doctor George Whitehead

[@Issa1195_]

There is a movie made about her and her discovery. It’s called the lost king, I think it’s coming out in march.

[@secretamericayoutubechanne2961]

@Issa Did the movie come out??? About Richard 3rd?

[@Issa1195_]

@@secretamericayoutubechanne2961 not yet. It’s coming out on march 24th, 2023. It’s called “the lost king.” You can watch the trailer, just search it on KZbin.

[@Issa1195_]

@@secretamericayoutubechanne2961 here is the link for the trailer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWalpYiobpWrnq8

[@secretamericayoutubechanne2961]

@Issa M OK thanks!

[@lesliesharp5946]

This documentary suggest she was the lead researcher, she wasn't. Philippa Langley from the UK was the lead researcher, it was she through her research that made the discovery. She was there on the day and it is she that recovered the remains under the King Richard III coat or arms. The archaeological approach was the practical excavation of the site AFTER the determination.

[@sgrannie9938]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqS3qnqBgNFri6M Philippa is secretary of the Richard 3 society ... and a woman on a mission. NOT a scientist 🙄

[@harridan.]

i am becoming very angry at these academics for taking credit for the years of labour which Phillipa Langley and Dr Ashdown Smith put into the project and without whom it wouldn't have even happened. grrrrr

[@carlosmedina1281]

I know Phillipa struggled with finding and almost gave up until the Rickard III association members donated money for the funds to do the dig

[@darkwaters1010]

They're excited about honoring a child killer. After Richard was crowned king, young princes Edward V and his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, were locked in the Tower of London by Richard, and "disappeared". Centuries later, a wooden box of two small skeletons was found underneath a staircase, and reburied in urns on Westminster Abbey. Unidentified remains from a prison don't just get buried in the Abbey reserved for royalty. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower

[@Good-DaySunshine]

...and honestly, she should have corrected the 'reporter'.

[@mefford67]

*This entire story is endlessly fascinating.* *Imagine all of the history that has passed over his hidden grave…* 😳

[@mrflynn1205]

This story is total bullshit.

[@user-ms4er6ph8i]

Yeah a carpark

[@mrdarren1045]

The real story has nothing to do with this Canadian or American woman on this piece that's for sure. The way all these academics are now all coming out and trying to lay claim to the find when it was all based on the work, research, funding and direction of Phillipa Langley. These academics all sneered at her for the longest time. The extent of their involvement is with the dna identification and no more. They did nothing about finding him at all. The only university staff who were present at the dig were those archaeologists who Langley had paid herself. Why the focus of this video is on that woman is a complete mystery to me.

[@harridan.]

@@mrdarren1045 You overlook Dr. Ashedown-Smith, whose exhaustively thorough DNA research made identification of the King and his heir possible in the first place.

[@NJ-on3pn]

With all due respect to the endless and tedious work of those participating in the archeological dig, but shame on those that made this documentary for not giving a very much deserved acknowledgement and credit to Philippa Langley for making this great historical achievement happen to begin with through her commitment and tenacity to make this all happen!

[@py8554]

I strongly recommend watching the incredible movie the Lost King after watching this video. People need to know how Philippa Langley started the whole thing and how committed she was in advocating for the excavation that ultimately found Richard III’s remains.

[@markgable101]

I just find the whole find not only incredible but absolutely extraodinary.

[@loditx7706]

Mark Gable: and wonderful and right.

[@Deadbuck73]

And wicked cool too...

[@equarg]

Mark Gable Now we just need to find Jimmy Haifa and Amemia Airheart

[@winnifredforbes8712]

Me too. For starters, how did they know where to find his remains?

[@lauraboiocchi4666]

@@winnifredforbes8712 they knew where the church was located and at least until the 18th century (some say even up to Victorian times) it was know where the burial site was exactly located. The problem was that several buildings were built in the place over the centuries and that's how the location was lost.

[@audreyann1975]

Some think it's silly to "parade" the King around after he's been discovered! They obviously don't appreciate their own history or the significance of this great discovery!

[@usaberi]

Exactly... 👍

[@MysShadowdragon]

I think it's a bit silly to do both. To study and then rebury is an option. To study and then display is another, but to study display then rebury feels false and cheap. Stick to your moral guns I guess. If you believe he needs to laid to rest then do that. If you dont think he needs to be anymore and should be in the public eye like King Tut thats fine too. its just the weird both mentality.

[@mrdarren1045]

The mainstream media always cherry pick the quotes they include. I bet they totally ignored what must have been thousands of positive responses about it they will have got. My advice is don't believe everything you see. This entire piece is misleading. It doesn't once mention the real brains and drive behind this find - Philippa Langley. It's just a bogus hit piece to glorify these lazy academics who are now all trying to lay some claim to the find when for years they had sneered at Langley's research.

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

I am always amused by the credentials and rights we give ourselves when we dig up somebody’s body…especially for entertainment. Of course, it’s nearly always elevated to some more noble cause like science, but you’re still grave-robbing. Next, you try NOT to talk about the lucrative contracts you get with the BBC or Barnum And Bailey. And how predictable that the church itself would get a piece of the action and then participate in this clandestine Las Vegas style showcase. As if they had dug up Elvis! Booooo!

[@JolieJames]

Because King Richard III was misrepresented as a usurper throughout history, I think it's quite fitting to give him the proper respect and royal burial he should have gotten in the 1400's. The display is not quite right though, because they're obviously trying to get as much publicity out there for future tourism in Leicester...

[@w4114w]

What about Philippa Langley? She should have been recognized as the lead researcher for this dig coz she started the research and actually made the discovery to where he was buried. This is crazy, she didn’t have any big recognition just coz she was an amateur 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@bonbonvegabon]

She was a part of the team that found him before she joined that team. They knew his location 20 years ago

[@jenniewright3045]

FINALLY an American/Canadian that pronounces "Leicester " correctly, it's a bloody miracle Calling it silly is also incredibly ignorant. He is an important part of our history, finding him has proven he DID have an issue with his back, its helped identify how he potentially died, its helped fill in so many gaps surrounding him. He deserved a proper burial and to be remembered like all our other monarchs have been.

[@nielcapasso3833]

buried in a Protestant church when King Richard was a Catholic.

[@loditx7706]

niel capasso I am sure he would not mind. It is better than the anonymity of a car park.

[@adityasumanth6122]

Protestants don't mind! Afterall we don't buy heaven for $10

[@rosiegirl4751]

@Granatres .. I respectfully disagree. We have documentation that shows that the early christians were Catholics. We have a letter from Ignatious of Antioch, using the term Catholic in the year 110 I believe.

[@rosiegirl4751]

@Granatres .. You must have misunderstood about the year 110...that comes from an early letter written by Ignatious of Antioch that we have a copy of. You are right about the blessed mother..she is not divine...she was a mortal women just like the rest of us. What set a her apart is that she was visited by an angel, and was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Which resulted in her giving birth to Jesus, who Is God...which makes her The mother of God. Jesus is the only one who Is Divine.

[@rosiegirl4751]

@Granatres .. One more thing..what constitutes a catholic vs. A protestant? Catholics have been since the beginning, 2000 years ago when Jesus started His church. Protestants have only been around for 500 years...since the revolution. A man named Martin Luther started the protestants...not Jesus. That's a pretty big difference. Good luck to you! 🌷

[@manymorningsafter2109]

Imagine being a normal guy from Canada and then the next day having to bury the lost remains of a king.

[@wreckofthehesperas8323]

Imagine how the surroundings have changed since he was so unceremoniously chucked in that hole.

[@lisakaz35]

He wasn't. It was hasty but it was a friary I believe that Henry VIII dissolved. The land was sold.

[@frannydarko2698]

You beat me to it I was going to dame the same thing.Lols

[@theenglishman3368]

You need to go to the Richard III museum in Leicester - they show all that in great detail - it really is an amazing place to visit

[@barbarawilson958]

It was a church

[@hectorramsey318]

Imagine a timelapse from when he was burried to when he was discovered, how cool would that be

[@zyxmyk]

this seems like the sanitized version. what really happened was a woman who was a member of a club called something like, "The Richard the Third Society" (and who was a bit obsessed with him) came there to try to get them to look for him. She was walking across a parking lot there and stopped dead cold. She'd had a PSYCHIC FLASH that she was standing on top of him. So, long story short, she got them to dig and she HAD been standing right on top of him. that's how they found him. she told them to dig, they did, and there he was! It was this one woman who found him. it's unacceptable to leave her out of the story. without her, there wouldn't have BEEN any story.

[@mrdarren1045]

No she didn't locate the site based on some flash of inspiration but from a lot of research about where the old grey friars had really stood. I've no idea where you got that story from. She has clearly stated several times how and why they came to the decision that was the likeliest spot.

[@maveric5381]

@@mrdarren1045 Phillipa Langley was her name. Without her there would have not been a dig.

[@mrdarren1045]

@@maveric5381 quite so. Since when all the academics who had previous sneered at her all then tried to claim the credit for the find when all they actually did was the DNA testing. Even the university archaeologists employed on the dig were paid for by Philippa.

[@darkwaters1010]

They're excited about honoring a child killer. After Richard was crowned king, young princes Edward V and his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, were locked in the Tower of London by Richard, and "disappeared". Centuries later, a wooden box of two small skeletons was found underneath a staircase, and reburied in urns on Westminster Abbey. Unidentified remains from a prison don't just get buried in the Abbey reserved for royalty. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower

[@LKre-vi5oq]

She also raised the majority of the funds to exhume him. Yes, her research found him, it took her years

[@Maneatingtomato]

I think in the movie Sherk 1 there is a Lord name Farquaad he and Richard III had kinda have a similar faces

[@ivandickson6063]

Yep he was the first person I thought of when i saw the photo !!

[@shirleynitka5030]

Richard is a relative of Cumberbatch. They have similar faces.

[@loditx7706]

Like Chris Sarandon in The Princess Bride.

[@elliemorrow5306]

I too enjoyed the movie 'Sherk 1'

[@MiniFR12]

Farquaad was a caricature of Michael Eisner, the then Disney CEO.

[@jcortese3300]

This whole thing will never cease to be fascinating to me.

[@JeffCookeMI]

Cool and interesting. That ultra-secret, unadorned, undecorated, flat box of a coffin was quite underwhelming, though.

[@Janellabelle]

For real. Murderers that are executed and have no family that want to claim their bodies are buried at the prison graveyard in a coffin just like that. It's like the final insult to Richard III.

[@jcortese3300]

It was supposed to be period, though -- apparently coffins even for royalty were simple boxes back then.

[@Locutus]

I agree 100% - I was like, erhhh, hold on, all these secrecy about the coffin, and it was just a plain wooden box...

[@ESPIRITUS_A]

But hey, it's new and an envy to other rulers of his time.

[@marias7599]

I have noticed, simples coffins are used in all monarchy funerals; noticed that in King George and Diana's funeral.

[@Desvelados]

Give the proper thanks to Phillipa !!!!! NEVER take away the passion of the original finder.

[@rgsnr8702]

give him back to York where he belongs not remain a prisoners of those that killed him

[@68air]

Hear, Hear!

[@joevicmeneses8918]

I say !!!

[@theenglishman3368]

You need to go to the Richard III museum in Leicester Robin - quite magnificent - they've done an amazing job on it - well worth the trip. You can also visit Bosworth Field which is 30 mins drive away - which has also been done very well - would thoroughly recommend

[@Finians_Mancave]

First, he was King of England, not York. And secondly, you can't deny that Leicester has shown his remains and memory the utmost respect.

[@lisakaz35]

The people of York supported Henry Tudor largely. Ooops.

[@brendenwright7957]

The thing I find interesting here, is that Richard III's remains weren't the only ones missing... Many of the Anglo-Saxon Kings' remain missing since they were buried at Glastonbury Abbey, which for centuries has laid in Ruins, so where exactly they're buried is unknown... Æthelstan was buried in Malmesbury Abbey, but following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s ordered by Henry VIII... his Tomb was emptied, and since then, the location of his remains has remained a mystery. Æthelstan's brother Edmund I, and his nephew Edgar the Peaceful, are both buried on the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey... and Edgar's grandson Edmund Ironside is buried somewhere there as well... The Tombs of both Æthelred the Unready and Harold Harefoot were destroyed in the Great Fire of London Henry I was buried at Reading Abbey, but where exactly he was buried is unclear... Stephen was buried at Faversham Abbey, again, exact location of remains is unknown... The Tombs of Henry II and Richard the Lionheart, which are located in Frontevraud Abbey in France, were looted during the French Revolution, and their bones were stolen, and have to this day not been found... Heck, even Edward V is a possibility, he was reportedly killed at the age of 13 in the Tower of London, and some bones that looked to be around his age were discovered in 1674, and reburied in Westminster Abbey, but whether or not they were actually the bones of the young king has remained unknown...

[@paolocabling]

7:58 She's either unaware or apathetic of the historical significance and value and the reason of it.

[@aymarafan7669]

Paolo Cabling, It’s possible she doesn’t know exactly why they would dig him up. So she may not know that no one knew exactly where he was at. She’s probably like “Why would they desecrate his tomb for?!”

[@JeffCookeMI]

@@aymarafan7669 They also were looking for verification.

[@STYLESBYLIFEBEAUTYNMORE]

I agree this is amazing they FOUND HIM !!

[@lucygray6162]

​@@aymarafan7669 If she can't fathom why they dug him up, she needs to go back to "dancing with the stars" on her telly. They were parking cars on him, for god's sake. I despair at the lack of overall respect the young woman has. Burial rituals have been an important part of human civilization for centuries. I was amazed at the incredible number of wounds that he endured despite his own frailty. Couldn't they have interviewed someone who shared the awe?

[@aymarafan7669]

@Lucy Gray Yeah definitely see your point on this for sure, really odd how she doesn’t realize the reason behind it. Also love “Briticisms” like ‘Telly’ as an American out in the New Mexican desert I really love them. Also have a love the rich history of the British Isles!

[@voltag3man]

How to get very drunk 101: take a shot everytime he says canadian and royal

[@27Zangle]

The thing is, many people are related to royalty. I even have a royal bloodline in my heritage from my mother's side. I have another who was a knight and very well off / popular back in the 13th century. There are portraits of him and his brother and mother. There are several buildings named after him and tons of his writings that still exist to this day. It is said that at least 500k people in the world right now are related to this man.

[@tomhogan3859]

My family has a similar heritage. We're apparently descendants of the king of Scots, Robert the Bruce, I believe. My father knew a lot of details from his genealogy journey but after a stroke it's kind of hard to ask him. My great aunt knows many of the details, I should prob ask her lol

[@secretamericayoutubechanne2961]

I know! Charlemagne is said to have several thousands of descendants!

[@secretamericayoutubechanne2961]

Good job doing research on your family. The furthest back my family could trace was around the Revolutionary war. I HAD ANCESTORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CIVIL WAR. IM ABOUT A QUARTER WELSH. SO BESIDES BEING GERMAN AND ENGLISH AND Irish I sure I too have Knights in my lineage.

[@spider46531]

Again people are taking lots of pats on the back and forgetting about the person that worked so hard to get Richard discovered. Philipa pushed and researched for years. Everyone told her it wasnt going to happen and she was wrong. I am related to Richard. He grew up at our family castle of Middleham. I always felt he should have been buried there since he loved it so much. I hear there is stone from Middleham used in his memorial

[@bengalpixie082]

Hello distant cousin 😊.

[@OboeCanAm]

"Oh, really Baldrick? you buried him in a car park????!!!" -Edmund Blackadder

[@Refuse2Lose33]

Ha, I was looking for a Blackadder reference. Found it!

[@OboeCanAm]

@@Refuse2Lose33 I couldn't resist! 😄

[@GameCreatorOfGod]

It took a king to find a king.

[@louise-yo7kz]

😒😜

[@philippayne4951]

But he was not a king then, but the earl of Lancashire.

[@chrisr9380]

Richard was a king when he was buried. And Richard was the Duke of Gloucester before that.

[@harridan.]

ms. King didn't find him, Phillipa Langley did.

[@JolieJames]

She didn't find him, Phillipa Langley did. This whole video is completely misleading.

[@22grena]

King Richard was a Catholic and should have been re-buried as a Catholic.

[@JeffCookeMI]

He also had flesh but wasn't buried with any.

[@loditx7706]

I don't think he would care.

[@YortOK]

He doesn't.

[@snikkerr1949]

Richard III was king of England at a time before the Reformation, when the separation of what we now call the Church of England from what we now call the Roman Catholic Church took place. Neither of those names would have meant anything in his time. The concept of consecrated ground for burial is identical in the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. All Church of England churches founded before 1537 were originally what we now call ‘Roman Catholic’, and are full of burials that were originally Roman Catholic. So, the fact that Richard III was Roman Catholic should make no difference for his reburial in a beautiful medieval church building that is now a Church of England cathedral.

[@kensebego199]

Patrick McCarthy ; ok

[@olafgunnerson3988]

He was not villain king there is no proof for the spin that was put on him by Shakespeare and it was done to reinforce the lies told about him by the tudors

[@loditx7706]

olaf Gunnerson Right on, Olaf!! That is the truth.

[@TheMcKenzieHaus]

Turns out he was hunchback tho. He also managed to be king instead of his nephews. Crazy how it’s possible that everyone else could have killed 2 princes except for the uncle that put them in a tower lol 😂

[@olafgunnerson3988]

@@TheMcKenzieHaus he wasnt a hunch back he had scoliosis which is a cervature of the spine not a hunch

[@olafgunnerson3988]

@@Kitcat9248 it wouldnt surprise me if it was the tudors

[@olafgunnerson3988]

@@Kitcat9248 I wouldnt mind but richards brother was only his half brother it was proved in documents that his mummy played away when her husband was away in campiegne and as far as I know legally no one can sit on the throne if they are from a bastard line .

[@francesatty7022]

This documentary: About a British king killed in Britain in a British war and has been buried in Britain. The Narrator: _CANADA_ Canada didn't even exist when Richard 3 died!!

[@otisbdriftwood6520]

An English king in England. Scotland was a separate kingdom with its own monarchy

[@bibir6170]

CBC which is the channel that broadcasted this is Canadian so that’s why they mentioned Canada multiple times lol.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

☑️☑️ Right, because Christopher Columbus had not yet discovered Canada, after being ordered by American King George 1, in 1492, to sail in search of a shorter passage for the trade routes from America to China, where we traded "maize" and "Carolina Reaper" hot peppers for Ming vases and Panda Express. It wasn't until Columbus was blown off course by a nor'easter, that he unintentionally discovered Canada. 🤘😏🤙 🌊⛵A year later, he was once again blown off course, whereupon he landed on the as-yet undiscovered island of "Anglovia", inhabited by undeveloped, Aboriginal natives, who referred to themselves as the "Anglos". These native, white-skinned Indians would soon re-name their secluded island "England", in honor of our "English" language, which we Americans taught them to speak! Ever since those heady days of discovery, geographers have referred to Great Britain and Canada as "the new world".🌍 🇺🇸 Thanks to us Americans, millions of these Caucasian "Indians" of Canada and England now enjoy the inventions and conveniences of our modern, evolved, industrial society! Your welcome! 🖐️😁👍

[@stephanierichards1096]

@@otisbdriftwood6520 exactly, last English king.

[@juliee.7072]

The descendant they used to match with his DNA is Canadian

[@loril1394]

It makes me sad thinking of all the cars driving over him all those years, poor Richard, may He rest in peace now....

[@languay1]

It makes me wonder who else we could be driving over.

[@janetpattison8474]

Poor Richard, surely you jest! You know what he did, right?

[@ms.alrashed4379]

Michael seems so classy and royalty with his serene personality.

[@rohithraman6488]

Fun fact - after this reburial in Leicester, Leicester City won 7 of their last 9 Premier League games to survive relegation, and then won the league the next season.

[@willokeefe1135]

Henry must be turning in his grave At least we remembered where that was

[@mish375]

Well Richard III is the hide and seek champion of the world now so...that's something.

[@TitaMinerva]

Pls give due credit to the one who pushed to do this find - Ms. Philippa Langley! It's so cringey when people are credit grabbers. She pushed for this when other people thought she was crazy.

[@tinabarhorst4142]

all credit belongs to Philippa Langley.

[@OldSkoolWax]

She was a crazy person. That's not an insult. it takes the crazy people, the mavericks, risk takers, the dreamers, rebels and the skeptics to make any changes for the good in this world.

[@lisakaz35]

I wouldn't say "all." She did a great deal to be a catalyst but without John Ashdown Hill, where is she?

[@ARedMagicMarker]

Indeed. Much credit. Ignore the naysayers or people who want to take any ounce of it away from her. For obvious reasons too.

[@Ionabrodie69]

@@lisakaz35 She is responsible for Richard being found... she asked for Ashdown Hills help , but it was her and anyone who tries to say different is wrong..

[@nickpeterson8080]

Interesting and great job finding him!

[@alan1340]

What an awesome family to belong to. One must be truly honoured to be part of such a monumentous part of history.

[@CBCTheNational]

Nearly 530 years after his death, controversial monarch King Richard III, will be interred at a cathedral in Leicester, England. Reg Sherren looks how two Canadians helped solve the mystery of his remains.

[@Ionabrodie69]

A lady from Darlington solved the Mystery...Phillipa Langley..

[@olgamaria2602]

God bless Canada and its wonderful people!!💖💖💖💖💖

[@ellierfromthebronx4531]

I found this very interesting...especially when they reconstructed his head!

[@BixLives32]

Finally, the perfidious act of a GOOD man, falsely painted as a bad man, has been rectified. As Richard himself would have most appreciated, JUSTICE has been done. Let us give thanks to Phillipa Langley, who made this wondrous discovery possible. Along with the discovery of Richard's remains, we now know that Richard did NOT murder The Princes, and that Richard was a GOOD man, most concerned with true justice. Historians are neither professional nor amateur, but simply historians. Thank you Phillipa Langley, Historian.

[@harridan.]

one would think a little bit of credit might be given to Phillipa Langley and Dr. Johnathan Ashdown Smith who did ALL of the research which made any of this possible. look at the academics scrambling to take all the credit they can.

[@shaunflavour6366]

Amazing that Leicester City FC won the Football League after the King was reburied there. The chances of which were next to none. And further more, York City FC (Richard being the last House of York) were extinguished from football league entirely in the same year

[@agnesbutterbun]

Amazing that they were spot on, he wanted to be found.

[@georgebushaway5833]

I love archeology and history !!

[@loditx7706]

@george bushaway: If you haven’t already, read The Great Mortality. Best nonfiction book I’ve ever read; all based on original research and the Author is so understated and witty that at times I laughed out loud.

[@tinasheppard6269]

i followed everything on tv about this dig with baited breath,, i was estatic and saddened by the find and identification x

[@littlefrogs3152]

This is so interesting and incredible I love history

[@MrCapeman1]

This was just great ! Enjoyed it .

[@roeng1368]

Royal mystery eh ? How about trying to seriously find out what happened to the princes in the tower ?

[@loditx7706]

ro eng: Not that it matters now, the how. The why is clear. They were disposed of by the usurper's orders. They and their siblings were declared illegitimate by act of parliament. Henry Tudor's claim to the throne was through a bastard line. He wanted to marry their sister, but wanted her recognized as legitimate to solidify his position. But revoking that act for her would make all her siblings legitimate also. He wanted no princes left alive to contest his claim someday. Richard was the last Plantagenet king, but he was not the last Plantagenet male. Henry Tudor saw to them.

[@philippayne4951]

They were murdered, and buried under the staircase in the tower of London.

[@federico9481]

Philip Payne wrong. That was made up by William Shakespeare and other Tudor historians. He never said my kingdom for a horse or did any of the bad things things that is believed.

[@larry.bailye5510]

@@loditx7706 Were they ever found???

[@loditx7706]

@@philippayne4951 Your information is sadly out of date.

[@YouTube4me]

No mention of Phillipa Langley at all? She and the Richard III society researched the King - his burial and the area of his burial. She got the dig going. Why not give her name a mention- credit where it’s due.

[@larry.bailye5510]

10/14/22 LOVED this video.

[@nanfaircloth]

So awesome I would have loved to have been there. This is just the finest news

[@mike62mcmanus]

Reading Shakespeare must be amazing for him now. WOW.

[@danielginther4879]

A DNA analysis company said that I am a descendant of King Richard the III. But he never had any children so it must be a relative of his (assuming it's true)

[@equarg]

Daniel Ginther He had a Sister it turns out. Any relatives come mostly from her.

[@danielginther4879]

@Copper Holmes1 23 and me was the one I used. My #2 son used another company and had similar results.

[@lauraboiocchi4666]

He had an illegitimate daughter and an illegitimate son and it's not clear what happened to them.

[@josepheller8395]

King Richard the Third was the last of the Plantagenet line of Kings who originated from France.You have a very long line of royal DNA.

[@danielginther4879]

@@josepheller8395 , interesting lineage. Thanks for the info.

[@HeronCoyote1234]

Fascinating!

[@Beemer917]

Funny they seem to have completely forgotten the woman who was instrumental in finding Richard. Remember her?Phillipa Langley! Yes, thats the hero of the hour, not these people who only stepped in after the spot was identified.

[@justinelord95]

No mention of Phillipa Langley Who was the actual person who lead the charge to find Richard the 3rd’s gravesite

[@etherealechoes9907]

Jeez, how many times can this guy reference Canada? ;)

[@tdpay9015]

CBC is Canada's national state broadcaster, and two of the key players in these events are Canadian, so naturally the story focuses on them.

[@slayer7682]

O CANADA!!!!!

[@rogemillecastillo3183]

It's CBC not BBC 😂😂😂

[@samanthawells513]

Canada takes what it can get

[@mrbrainbob5320]

@@tdpay9015 they sound very insecure

[@jestermoon]

Great show 👏

[@donaldbelobraydic9996]

Thanks, that was a great story.

[@dylwhs]

Richard III looks eerily like John Lithgow.

[@TheCandiceWang]

Lord Farquaadd :p

[@alisonridout]

TheCandiceWang Definitely

[@DM-qp7do]

They didn't mention that their choice of places to break ground there was a mysterious 3 in roman numerals on the asphalt. It was painted on by someone, but nobody knows why. There were no other numbers painted near by. So they decided to start there, and there he was.

[@mrdarren1045]

No it wasn't a 3 at all. It was a painted letter R for reserved parking. It is a well known story. No idea where you got that from

[@oraclegxm5284]

Thanks, i was using this for school

[@geographicoddity9444]

Not silly. Fascinating.

[@printolive5512]

Great detective story. Well done. Now if you could only tell us what happened to the two princes in the tower.

[@maxwellspeedwell2585]

Was he buried next to the Minister of Parking?

[@trwhitford65]

Astounding ....Beautiful ....

[@Yourmomanddadrbrotherandsister]

The BIG question is how and when did the letter "R" in the car park get placed over the area where he was initially found?

[@lisakaz35]

The R was off by a bay and a 1/2 according to Dr. King's talks.

[@jcortese3300]

I think it meant "reserved" as in it was a reserved parking space for someone.

[@ChipCadence]

That’s a bit of a stretch. It was close not right above and a normal letter in a parking lot.

[@PavusthePug]

That girl they interviewed that said it was silly to dig him up and re-burry him made my eyes roll. She has no appreciation for history.

[@evan8654]

Plenty of people in England feel ambivalent towards the royal family. Take away the pomp and crowns and they're just another series of ruthless dictators who still get a free ride at the tax payer's expense.

[@PavusthePug]

@@evan8654 That's fair, I still respect history though, even at it's cruelest. I might just not understand though, being American, the royal family doesn't hold the same meaning to me.

[@charlotteruse158]

Congrats Michael. You have come full circle!

[@sofiyatusanni3568]

You never now what is under your feet

[@RIchardDavidson007]

Amazing story.

[@Simtar123]

Cool ☺️ 👍

[@josiptumapa]

Bless PHILIPPA LANGLEY.❤️ the woman behind all of this.❤️

[@larryjung8062]

Hey, England is truely Canada's mother country!.

[@PhilK112]

@CharlyRomeo2009 No more than Spain is North America's "Mother country"

[@mrbrainbob5320]

@@PhilK112 North America is not a country and spain controlled more of North America than France or Britain combined.

[@Mr.Obongo]

THE TWO FINGERED BRUTE it’s split between France and Britain. One’s the mother the other’s the father, let’s just leave it at that.

[@williamkimmer6221]

Very Interesting

[@maskent-ol3jy]

Yes, we have a large family.

[@jperiale]

What about Phillipa Langley?

[@topgrafter2007]

yeah its shameful how absent she is in programs like this, so many people have boosted there careers due to her persistence and discovery but just ignore her!

[@JeffreyDang-dd9iq]

0:55 Lord Farquaad? Shrek is real

[@francook9]

I learned about this in school this is the exact video

[@davidsiwalk9784]

no mention that there are 2 genetic breaks in elizabeth II genetic line to richard III. some one cheated.

[@babs66]

@Kandy Kandy what the gentleman is saying is that the current royal family are nit decended from Richard. One of the royal wives got pregnant to someone else and passed the child off as the monarchs. There is an interesring documentary by Tony Robinson about this.

[@babs66]

@Kandy Kandy Edward iv see documentary Britains Real Monarch by Tony Robinson. Be more polite next time.

[@bonhamcarter4488]

I think you mean the line of the Dukes of Beaufort. The Queen's line is not descended from Richard III.

[@bonhamcarter4488]

@Kandy Kandy you are talking nonsense. Lol. No one is disputing the Queen's right to rule. I just stated she was not directly descended from him.

[@equarg]

David Siwalk Or there was an adaption. We are now discovering just how often that actually happened!

[@internetuser528]

I’m pretty sure there used to be a sort of theme park here in the states next to where I live called King Richards... And they... replaced it with a parking lot...

[@sarahbass6116]

Thank you Phillipa Langley

[@saintracheljarodm.holy-kay2560]

God bless amen .

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

Yet the final resting place of his nephews King Richard V and Prince Richard of Shrewsbury still remain a mystery.

[@MrBulky992]

The Dean of Westminster won't allow the bones discovered in tge 17th century and claimed to be those of the two princes interred in the Abbey to be examined... respect for the dead etc. When one thinks of those indignities undergone by the remains of Henry V's queen, Catherine de Valois, while in the Abbey's "care", it seems the pendulum has swung to the opposite extreme. I cannot think that respect for the dead could be demonstrated more effectively than by identifying who those two young people were (or were not) in life so one wonders whether there are other reasons for not wanting those bones to be disturbed.

[@cottonprint6388]

Imaged you drinking coffe and somebody told you hey you are a king

[@paulfredrick6429]

GREAT.

[@rockymountainrockhound4393]

He's my family to. So is Warwick. Can you tell me if they have found him?

[@ajith3436]

Thats why documentation is very important

[@maxcohen7344]

Man this guy loves Cannadians

[@DanaMeise]

Max Cohen who doesn’t really

[@CEOofSleep]

@@DanaMeise trudeau

[@janicela9863]

Canadians

[@andrewruddy962]

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the clue is in the name. Focus, haha.

[@stoneagerevolt4964]

Cool 😎

[@keefebaby]

Well done Sir Rhys ap Thomas :-)

[@secretamericayoutubechanne2961]

If 2 monks buried him under Leicester church, than WHy did they not pass this info on to the other monks? Didn't they put him in a coffin? Than why does it look like he was just thrown into a pit? I understand the backstory, but it just makes it more confusing. Why didn't they dig him up when they moved the church? Can someone who knows please reply

[@nforne]

His burial was unceremonious... he’d just been defeated and his body paraded around by the victors. Some time later a tomb monument was built above him but was later destroyed. Following the dissolution, part of Greyfriars was turned into a private garden. The owner knew Richard III was buried there and the grave was marked, but over time it fell out of knowledge and the marker vanished.

[@secretamericayoutubechanne2961]

@nforne there is some sort of documentary that came out explaining how they found him. I thought they just left his body on the battlefield. And 2 Catholic monks buried him, then moved him again. Interesting

[@rachelhenderson2688]

@@secretamericayoutubechanne2961 In the well-known film of Shakespeare's Richard III his body was left on the field, but it's quite likely that a few of his men retrieved it and carried it to Greyfriars for burial.

[@secretamericayoutubechanne2961]

@rachelhenderson2688 That is correct, 2 monks put him in a wooden grave near the Chappel. but the wood disintegrated. I think there is finnally a documentary on youtube about this. Its a very interesting story just like The Holy Speer

[@rachelhenderson2688]

@@secretamericayoutubechanne2961"The Holy SPEAR

[@god9364]

CANADIAN! THEY'RE CANADIAN!!! GET IT GUYS? CANADIANS CANADIANS CANADA CANADIANS