Body discovered under English car park 'almost certainly' King Richard III

The body of a man found buried beneath a council car park is almost certainly that of the last Plantagenet King of England, Richard III, according to academics.

Body discovered under English car park 'almost certainly' King Richard III

The body of a man found buried beneath a council car park is almost certainly that of the last Plantagenet King of England, Richard III, according to academics.

The remains, undisturbed less than a metre (3.3 feet) below ground on the site of an old friary in Leicester for more than 500 years, will now be interred in the city’s cathedral.

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