Richard III, the last Yorkist king, was accused by Thomas More of ordering the death of his nephews, 12-year-old Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, nine, in the Tower of London in August 1483 – an accusation immortalised by Shakespeare. There have always been sceptics. For instance, in 1768 Horace Walpole published a book entitled . Edward’s reign lasted from the death of his father Edward IV in April 1483 until 26 June, when his uncleof Bedford, and Mary. However, the remains of these two children were later found elsewhere in the chapel, leaving the occupants of the children’s coffins within the tomb unknown.
