![]() ![]() ![]() When Richard, as Duke of Gloucester, was appointed Lord Protector of his nephew and heir to the throne, Edward V, he turned child-killer.Įdward, 13, and brother Richard, 10, were taken to the Tower in 1483, never to be seen again, allowing Richard to assume the throne. Yet it was more allegations of dark deeds in the Tower that did for his reputation. Henry VIII’s adviser Sir Thomas More began blackening Richard’s name by accusing him of Henry VI’s murder in the Tower of London. ![]() So Richard III – with his hunchback, deformed spine and ugly grimace – had to be turned into a pantomime villain of terrible proportions. ![]() The Tudors were an upstart dynasty and needed to secure their right to rule. That battle ended the War of the Roses, one of the bloodiest periods in our history, as Henry’s Lancastrian forces defeated Richard’s Yorkist army.Īnd then the rubbishing of Richard began. Seeking out his rival on foot, in Shakespeare’s version of events, Richard utters the immortal line: “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.” It ended at the Battle of Bosworth on Augwhere he became the last English monarch to die on the battlefield, with his helmet beaten into his skull as Welsh swords rained down on his body. Now scientists are sure the skeleton is Richard III’s and local MP Jonathan Ashworth is demanding the slain monarch be reinterred in Leicester Cathedral, the man behind the original Winter of Discontent looks set for a glorious summer.Īnd perhaps it is right we rethink his reputation.Ĭertainly, Richard’s short two-year reign was one of the most turbulent. ![]()
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