What happened to the Princes in the Tower?

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Did Richard III really murder the Princes in the Tower?

Join Matt Lewis to dive into the enigmatic tale of the Princes in the Tower, joined by expert Philippa Langley. The discussion traverses recent discoveries that shed new light on the disappearance of Edward IV’s young sons. Highlighting the rigorous research of the Missing Princes Project, Langley reveals groundbreaking evidence, from accounting receipts to witness statements, supporting the survival of the princes beyond King Richard III's reign.

Gone Medieval is presented by Matt Lewis and edited by Amy Haddow. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Matt Lewis.
0:02.6	And I'm Dr. Eleanor Yonaga.
0:04.2	And we're just popping up here to tell you some insider info.
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0:45.8	Hello, I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that delves into the
0:55.7	greatest millennium in human history. We've got the most intriguing mysteries, the gobsmacking
1:01.7	details and latest groundbreaking research from the Vikings to the printing press, from kings to
1:07.7	popes to the crusades. We cross centuries and continents to delve into rebellions, plots and murders,
1:14.5	to find the stories big and small that tell us how we got here.
1:18.9	Find out who we really were with Gone Medieval. Welcome to this episode of God Made Epo. I'm Matt Lewis.
1:38.2	The story of the young sons of Edward VIII, who we remember as the princes in the tower,
1:45.6	is rarely far from the news.
1:51.3	If you hang around my corner of social media, it's a perennial hot topic. There are as many takes and theories as there are chocolates on offer over Christmas. Like the chocolates, I've got my
1:56.5	favourites, but I'm keen to partake of whatever's on offer, apart from the coffee ones. No thanks to those.
2:03.1	The princes were recently the subject of another television documentary. After one with
2:07.2	Philippa Langley last year revealed some evidence one way in the argument, this sought to push
2:12.0	back in the other direction. So this seemed like a good time to return to an episode I did
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