♛ King Richard Armitage ♛

 
The oh so hotly awaited ‘full’ interview with Richard Armitage by Emily Anderson now has taken place on BBC Radio Leicester today.
I am not really sure why they had made all that fuzz about the ‘full’ in their advertisements for this interview, as it hardly contained any more information than the as preview announced interview last Sunday, 10.03.2013.
RichardArmitageNet.com has the full recording for you to listen in.
 
For our “Richard Armitage” page we updated the transcript of the interview and have it available here.
 
Transcript and audio-file of the interview version 10.03.2013 on BBC Radio Leicester (RichardArmitageNet.com)
 
Audio file for the interview version of 13.03.2013 (RichardAarmitageNet.com)
 

♛ Battle of the Cities ♛

 
The KingRichardArmitage website does not take sides in this battle of the cities for all the reasons stated here by Roswitha.
 
When we read that Leicester Cathedral tries to squeeze King Richard III into their cathedral, because they don’t find the space to adequately place a tomb, I’d rather they stepped back and let someone else handle the procedure.
 
Leicester Cathedral – Design Brief (published 13.03.2013)
 
As you can see from the following news-list, the topic about the burial place really got immediate and wide attention:
 

• The Daily Beast: York MP calls for calm over Richard III, by Tom Sykes (12.03.2013)

 

• The York Press: Crunch York-Leicester summit to be held over Richard III remains, by Mark Stead (12.03.2013)

 

• BBC News: Richard III: York Minster receives ‘abusive’ letters (12.03.2013)

 

• The Telegraph: Dean of York goes to the police over Richard III hate mail, b< Peter Dominiczak (12.03.2013) - "The Dean of York has been forced to contact cathedral police after receiving hate mail about the debate over where the remains of King Richard III should be buried.“

 

• BBC News: Richard III burial ‘should not be finders keepers’, by Kayte Rath (12.03.2013)

 

• Sky News: Richard III: Cathedral Plans Modest Memorial (13.03.2013)

 

• The Independent: Fit for a king? Royal row rumbles on over where Richard III should be laid to rest, by Tom Peck (13.03.2013) – “He was rescued from the council car park – and is now heading for a plain-looking tomb in Leicester Cathedral“

 

• The Telegraph: Cathedral criticised for being ‘out of touch’ over King Richard III’s resting place, by Nick Britten (13.03.2013) – With quotes from Philippa Langley about the surprising feedback about the tomb from Leicester Cathedral.

 

• The Huffington Post: Richard III To Be Buried In ‘Simple Dignity’ In Leicester Cathedral With No Grand Tomb (13.03.2013)

 

• The Guardian: Row over Richard III’s final burial site rumbles on, by Maev Kennedy (13.03.2013) – “Leicester Cathedral says remains should be reburied under floor but Richard III Society calls for elaborate limestone sarcophagus“

 

• Daily Mail: King Richard III to be re-interred in ‘a place of simple dignity’ in Leicester Cathedral, by Mark Prigg (13.03.2013)

 

• Livingston Daily: English towns clash over Richard III’s remains, by U.S.A. Today (13.03.2013)

 

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III: Yorkshire MPs defeated in new battle over king, by Leicester Mercury (13.03.2013)