Richard III: How to find a Lost King

Dan Snow's History Hit

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🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In August 1485, King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth. In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester.

Joining Dan on the podcast today is the very person who led that successful search to locate the grave of King Richard III. Following seven and a half years of enquiry, Philippa Langley identified the likely location of the church and grave, instructing exhumation of the human remains uncovered in that exact location.

Philippa shares the adventure that marked the first search for the lost grave of an anointed King of England.

This episode was produced by Mariana Des Forges, the audio editor was Dougal Patmore.

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0:23.3	Welcome everybody to Dan Snow's History Hit.
0:26.2	Oh, we got the history royalty on the Shultay,
0:28.4	Phillipa Langley, she was the person
0:31.0	central to the discovery of Richard III
0:33.0	in the car park back in 2012.
0:35.6	They found a king, one of the most maligned,
0:38.8	infamous talks about studied, argued about kings
0:42.4	in English and British history, Richard III,
0:45.2	defeated by Henry Schuder at the battle of Bozworth,
0:50.0	killed at that battle.
0:51.3	We don't know how, and tossed into a grave nearby.
0:55.6	What happened to his body that day, or just after that day?
0:58.6	Monday, the 22nd of August, 1485,
1:02.8	has been the subject of debate ever since.
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