Richard III: the King in the Carpark - history documentary
Added 2025-09-14 07:17:32 +0000 UTC
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That should say prince's in the tower. Autocorrect on my phoneπ€¦ββοΈπ
AngieG
2025-09-17 08:09:47 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/Wxm8z1bM0Zw?si=CXrqW_dZ6Ez7W-Ud It is the same lady and Judge John Rinder that investigate the missing princes.
AngieG
2025-09-16 18:30:36 +0000 UTCThere's another investigation but about the princess in the tower. There was never any evidence of them being found. I think its the same lady but can't remember. It's fascinating so try and find it. They find so much evidence!
AngieG
2025-09-16 18:14:06 +0000 UTCFresh trim for Stevie, looking π₯
Adam G
2025-09-15 12:02:47 +0000 UTCMade me chuckle π Reminded me of 'The Mattress King' from 'Friends' But for carparks π
Adam G
2025-09-15 11:54:29 +0000 UTCRichard lll: the carpark king.
Adam G
2025-09-15 11:52:49 +0000 UTCI remember when I first watched this, I found her insufferable. Great story but my god
Mark Griffin
2025-09-15 08:29:10 +0000 UTCThis was such a fascinating story when it broke. I was still living in England at the time, and I was directing a choir called Counterpoint in the West Country. I was approached by a local composer called Graham Keitch, who had written a motet in memory of Richard III, after his body had been discovered. Graham sent me the music and I liked it and decided to include it in a concert that I was preparing for in the following four weeks. It became the premier performance of the piece and from that was formed a close working relationship with Graham and he went on to write 9-10 different works for the choir, and also for our American choirs The Kingβs Counterpoint in Charleston SC and Contrapunctus Early Music in OH. Here is the work written for Richard, entitled In Memoriam; Ricardus Rex. https://youtu.be/GDMpI_qLwgQ?feature=shared. The write up that accompanies the motet states: This motet was composed shortly after Richard III's body was discovered in Leicester, February 2013. It was performed for the first time on July 6th in Buckfast Abbey by Counterpoint, dir David Acres. It was also sung at the Battle of Bosworth commemorative evensong in Leicester Cathedral on August 22nd, 2013 by the choir of Nottingham Cathedral, dir Alex Patterson. The motet was performed several times as part of the sequence of events for the king's reinterment. It was sung by the Nottingham Cathedral choir at the Requiem Mass for King Richard III, Holy Cross Priory, Leicester on March 23rd, 2015. The service was led by His Eminence Cardinal Nichols the Archbishop of Westminster. It was also sung at Gloucester Cathedral evensong (dir Adrian Partington) on March 20th, Leicester Cathedral (dir Christopher Ouvry-Johns) on March 23rd as well as in the medieval Guildhall, York on March 26th..
David
2025-09-15 02:11:13 +0000 UTCIt was found just a 25 min drive from where i live
Jamie Derry
2025-09-14 17:55:01 +0000 UTCYou need to look into Henry VIII (the fat one) and the Dissolution of the Monasteries to see who would tear down a massive stone church...
Kieran B
2025-09-14 16:45:31 +0000 UTCAfter the skeleton was identified as Richard III, there were debates about where he would be reburied. In the end, he was buried in a prominent tomb in Leicester Cathedral in 2015. You can visit his tomb at the Cathedral and the car park has now been transformed into a Richard III Visitor Centre. That's where the facial reconstruction is and a replica of the skeleton etc. So you can visit that too. The bust itself, I believe, is owned by Leicester University as they were the ones who funded it
Emily
2025-09-14 16:41:36 +0000 UTCThey're historic reenactors rather than LARPers
Kieran B
2025-09-14 16:32:23 +0000 UTCThere was a film done about this too if I remember correctly
Emily
2025-09-14 14:50:22 +0000 UTCDetectorists is a must-watch. Very much in the tradition of British comedies that manage to be hysterically funny and heartbreaking at the same time.
Andy Darley
2025-09-14 14:31:36 +0000 UTCDo you mean that fekkin massive elephant in the room, the one wearing the tartan suit?....my suspicions were aroused when Pippa put the Royal Standard on a box of unidentified bones..Yup she definitely has a thing for Dickie 3!
Lemmy's Mole
2025-09-14 13:14:03 +0000 UTCRichard was defeated at the end of the Wars of the Roses (at the Battle of Bosworth near Leicester), as he was from the losing family / branch there was no reason to bury him with 'the other Kings' in the capital where the seat of power was. Same applied to Henry VI on the other side earlier in the Wars of the Roses, and he died as a prisoner in the Tower of London, not in battle
Kieran B
2025-09-14 11:57:20 +0000 UTCBloody Ricardians π Definitely recommend watching Detectorists, its an amazing and beautiful comedy - written, directed and starring Mackenzie Crook who played Gareth in the original UK Office
Kieran B
2025-09-14 11:42:59 +0000 UTCThis is close to my heart, I was born in Leicester but now live closer to Bosworth battlefield. Steve βdoes she get to keep the headβ π I shouted at the screen as I did the first time I watched this nooooooo DO NOT GIVE HER THE HEAD π. There is a king Richard III visitors centre opposite Leicester Cathedral where he was finally laid to rest in 2015.
Mark Sanders
2025-09-14 11:04:57 +0000 UTCReally enjoy your reactions, and the history ones especially. I think when it comes to judging whether Richard was a good or bad person it's just about impossible. Judged by today's standards, most kings and queens were probably pretty unpleasant people. When it comes to the princes in The Tower, I pretty much side with David Mitchell I think - Richard was their protector and then declared himself king. He would have been responsible for moving them to The Tower, he would have been kept informed of their welfare, and there was no (as far as I am aware) official announcement / period of mourning when they suddenly vanished
Mark T
2025-09-14 10:09:13 +0000 UTCRemember Stephen that its a roman nail, in 1470 theyre not likely to hang a sign with a 1000 year old rusty nail
Nick Jarrett
2025-09-14 10:08:03 +0000 UTCI hadn't seen this before. I won't pretend I'm massively interested in Richard III but the story of the event, Philippa and how it worked out was interesting. That Philippa was wild though, certainly aspects of being a crack pot. Turns out she received an MBE in 2015, so a few years after this doc. But she's done others on the subject, after this she did another with Channel 4 claiming the two princes never died...
Andy
2025-09-14 10:03:13 +0000 UTCShe asked that question about whether the 'hunchback' is visible with clothes, because as it's mentioned throughout this documentary he has always been depicted as having this very visible/noticeable hunchback. Plus they also confirmed having a curved spine doesn't equate to a noticeable hunchback look. So to me it's a very valid question.
Gary Ling
2025-09-14 09:05:30 +0000 UTC
