RICHARD III’S LAST STAND

Contemporary historians like John Rous condemned Richard III’s reign after his death, but none could deny his courageous fighting at Bosworth

A fascinating by-product of the discovery of Richard III’s skeleton was a facial reconstruction from his skull. Richard’s appearance had remarkable similarities to near-contemporary portraits of him

Richard III’s skeleton revealed that he suffered from a curved spine thanks to severe scoliosis. This remarkable discovery added a certain amount of fact to the Shakespearean legend of the “hunch-back’d” king

Richard III’s skeleton was found in a car park on the site of the former Greyfriars Church in Leicester in 2012. It was one