Richard III probably would have hated this decision. There's something sad about burying him where his enemies dumped him instead of interring him in a place he loved. But I suppose there's not much he can do about it, being dead and all.
I agree that he should have been given the last rites of the religion he followed.
If anyone is interested, an interview with archaeologist/journalist Mike Pitt discussing his upcoming book about Richard III.
Mike Pitts book may be worth a read - thanks for the link CassandraW.
Alessandra I do understand as I have the same mixed feelings. It does seem that his funeral service is going to be part RC and part C of E "Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Reverend Justin Welby, and the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols, will be present as the former monarch is laid to rest during a week of events in the spring."
What I do not understand is this: "The two religious leaders will join the Right Reverend Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester, and representatives of other faiths to bury the Last Plantagenet king with “dignity and honour”." http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/R...es-announced/story-22889035-detail/story.html
Why? I know England is a multi-cultural and multi-religious society - but I think this is wrong. Though I suppose that it is a way of including everyone.
Hanky panky among the nobility? Say it ain't so!
According to some stuff my aunt has found we are descended from Henry II, alas on the wrong side of the blanket. Oh well. The mother was some countess or other, but not his wife.
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William Longspee.
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