♛ Battle of the Cities ♛

 
The appeal by the distant relatives of King Richard III, who formed the Plantagenet Alliance, has been granted. They now have permission to get a judical review of the decision for Leicester as the last resting place.
 

• BBC News: Richard III: King’s reburial row goes to judicial review (16.08.2013)

 

• Sky News: King Richard III’s Family Set For Court Battle (16.08.2013)

 

• itv.com: Where will the remains of Richard III be buried? By Nimesh Joshi (16.08.2013)

 

• The York Press: Judicial review over King Richard III burial, Dan Bean (16.08.2013)

 

• Huffington Post: King Richard III Relatives Win Right To Challenge Burial Plans (16.08.2013)

 

• Royal Central: Richard III’s relatives halt plans to bury King in Leicester, by Charlie Proctor (16.08.2013)

 

• The Lawyer: Gordons secures judicial review for Richard III’s descendants, by Joanne Harris (16.08.2013) – Law firm Gordon from York is representing the group of relatives, assembled in the Plantagenet Alliance. The article gives more legal and argumentative background for the desicion made by Mr Justice Haddon-Cave.

 

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III burial: Legal challenge to go ahead, by PA_Warzynski, Leicester Mercury (16.08.2013) – This article also contains a link to the pdf-file of the High Court ruling document.

 

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III legal battle: University of Leicester ‘sticking to its guns’, by PA_Warzynski, Leicester Mercury (16.08.2013) – The University of Leicester is not deterred by the current decision and is proceding with its plans.

The University of Leicester issued the following official statement today:

The University maintains that it is entirely proper and fitting that the remains of Richard III, Duke of Gloucester, be buried in the magnificent holy setting of Leicester Cathedral, near where his remains had lain for centuries and where they were finally discovered as a result of what the court described as ‘the inspired, determined and meticulous work’ of the University and members of the Richard III Society. The University will now liaise with the Ministry of Justice with a view to ascertaining how it wishes to proceed.

And notes:

• The Dig for Richard III was led by the University of Leicester, working with Leicester City Council and in association with the Richard III Society. The originator of the Search project was Philippa Langley of the Richard III Society.
• Dr John Ashdown-Hill was instrumental tracking down the descendants of Richard’s sister Anne of York, Joy Ibsen and her son Michael Ibsen, whose DNA, along with that of a second individual traced by Leicester academic Professor Kevin Schürer, was critical to identifying the remains found at Greyfriars in Leicester.

♛ King Richard III ♛

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Actor takes on the role of Richard III, by Peter Warzynski, Leicester Mercury (15.08.2013) – German actor Andreas Wenzel will impresonate King Richard III in this year’s reenactment at Bosworth Battlefield.

 

• The Huddersfield Daily Examiner: Huddersfield historian Glenn Foard unveils new theory on Richard III, by Neil Atkinson (15.08.2013) – New research about the actual location of the battlefield and the place where King Richard III near Bosworth.

 

• HistoryExctra.com: Historians identify ‘spot where Richard III was killed in battle’, by Emma McFarnon (15.08.2013)