
The Princes in the Tower
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The Most Arches of Piteous Massacre That Ever Yet This Land Was Committed of Diton and Forest
It is generally, but not universally, believed that edward the fifth and his brother richard died at the tower of london by the end of 14 83. The idea that richard the third ordered james tyrrell to kill them, that's pretty widespread. But chard the third definitely isn't the only suspect. Another is henry stafford, second duke of buckingham who came up a lot in this episode. In this idea, he would have been trying to ingratiate himself to richard and protect richard's claim to the throne.
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