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The Ghost Princes and Richard III

Noble Blood

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The Unknown Princes

In 1674, when King Charles II was having some renovations done to the Tower of London, two workmen digging under a staircase found a wooden box which contained two small human skeletons. Because of the history written by more, it became widely assumed that the bodies were those of the princes buried under the staircase. The church and Queen Elizabeth II have both made their wishes clear that the bodies not be re-exhumed for DNA testing. There are stories to be told, and mysteries still to be explored. I'm hoping that when Charles becomes king, he insists upon it just out of sheer curiosity.

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