Richard III has long stood accused of murdering his nephews in 1483, but some experts doubt it. A new piece of evidence has ...

The legbone of King Richard III, who was killed in battle in 1485, was found by archaeologists in Leicester on 25 August 2012. The city's Richard III Visitor Centre is marking the occasion with a ...

That's when historian Philipp Langley and his team found Richard III's remains under a parking lot in Leicester. For comprehensive updates on political developments and global conflicts ...

The team was also at the heart of Leicester's greatest mystery - the identification of the remains of Richard III. By comparing DNA from the skeletal remains to living descendants of Richard’s ...

Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. After the battle Richard's corpse was taken to Leicester and buried without pomp. In 2012 ...

You won’t believe it, but Benedict Cumberbatch’s family goes way back, with royal ties to Richard III and a rich history full ...

The petition, with more than 1,300 signatures, has been handed to Leicester Cathedral A petition against Shakespeare's Richard III being performed at the cathedral where the monarch is buried has ...

The story behind Philippa Langley's quest to find the lost medieval English king, Richard III. Richard died at the ... Originally broadcast on BBC Radio Leicester. Original image by University ...

"I was literally dressed as Shakespeare’s version of Richard III when I received the email from Leicester University saying that I was a not-altogether-ridiculously-distant descendent of Richard ...

“More than 80,000 people enjoyed the stunning installations that Light Up Leicester brought to the city back in 2022. Thanks ...

Leicester city centre is to host a spectacular four-day free festival of light and colour. This year will mark the third time Light Up Leicester has come to the city since 2020.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was crowned in the Abbey as Richard III on Sunday 6th July 1483 ... Bosworth on 22nd August 1485 and his body was buried at Grey Friars Abbey in Leicester. But his bones ...