The King Under The Carpark

An extraordinary revelation.

In August 2012, the University of Leicester in collaboration with the Richard III Society and Leicester City Council began one of the most ambitious archaeological projects ever attempted. On a search for the long-lost grave of King Richard III. The last English king to die in battle. Richard III was King of England for two turbulent years. He is best known for being accused of murdering his nephews to protect his throne.

Richard III was said to have been a great king. Who had achieved a lot more than the Elizabeths and Henry V. Richard III was known to have been a great king who wanted to make life fairer and more bearable for ordinary people. Instead of being a villain, Richard III is said to have been a tragic hero whose tragic flaw was his very desire to transform himself into a villain in the action sense. He did this by committing violent actions, even though he does not meet the historical sense of the term “villain”.

Henry Tudor started a campaign to overthrow Richard because he had a claim to the throne, and wanted to be the King of England. When Edward IV came to the throne, he was determined to avenge his late father, the duke of York. Henry became King of England because he defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, where he declared himself king. He was the first Tudor king. And by defeating Yorkist armies at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry ended the War of the Roses and established a new Tudor dynasty. The Tudor rose is made up of the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster, symbolising the unity of the two warring households. Henry VI was increasingly deranged, perhaps having inherited his French grandfather’s mental illness. As a result of his dementia, his queen Margaret of Anjou, increasingly dominated the Lancastrian party.

On 22 August 1485, at the Battle of Bosworth, Richard III led a mounted cavalry charge against Henry Tudor in an attempt to kill him and end the conflict. During the ensuing fighting, Richard III was surrounded by Tudor’s supporters who cut him down.

Leicester car park was where Richard III was buried given protected status. This was a council car park in Leicester that was revealed in 2012 which shocked the world. This car park, known as the site where Richard III was buried in 1485 is being given scheduled monument status by the government.

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