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The Princes in the Tower

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Princes in the Tower

In 20 18, doctor john ashdown hill traced the mitochondrial d and a line of the princes in the tower. This work could be used to confirm whether the bones from the urn at westminster abbey really belonged to edward the fifth and his brother. Thornton argues that two men named edward and miles forest were the sons of the miles forest that sir thomas moore had named as one of the murderers. According to thornton, moore would have known both edward and the younger miles forest. So it's possible that moore's account included details he learned directly from them.

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