theres the real pic

It's taken a while, but I thought someone would eventually do it.

I think so far they're only hoping with baited breath that it's him. Would be great though. I've always liked Richard III and Shakespeare didn't do him any favours.

had to be done

it just had to be

sorry

i think theyre digging joe, a rake would be too small

hahaha 

Ditto. I always had a soft spot for the "baddies". I could explain away John and Richard's behaviour for hours and don't get me started on Richard the Lionheart - that shoddy excuse for a king. Grrr...

I am so excited by this Pirate. I think Richard iii was very much maligned, due to Tudor slagging off.

Wooooo.....looking good!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/his...-hunchback-king.html

"To the team's astonishment, the excavation unearthed a result "beyond our wildest dreams", and strengthened their belief – which they hope will be put beyond doubt by DNA testing – that they have ended a decade–long search for his remains.

The skeleton was an adult male, who appeared fit and strong, but with spinal abnormalities that pointed to the fact that he had severe scoliosis, a form of spinal curvature.

This would have made his right shoulder appear higher than his left, and in less enlightened times would almost certainly have been cause for him being nicknamed a "hunchback"."

"He had suffered significant trauma to the head where a blade had cut away part of the back of his skull, an injury consistent with battle, and a barbed arrow head was found lodged between vertebrae in his upper back."

"Sir Peter Soulsby, Leicester's mayor, said: "They can't say it, but I can. This is as near a certainty as we can get that we've found him. Everything fits."

DNA tests are expected to take 12 weeks. The team will compare samples from the skeletal remains with the DNA of a direct descendant of the king's sister, Michael Ibsen, 55, a Canadian furniture maker who lives in London."

Wow! This is exciting stuff

Pirate you made me LOL with your rake comment