The discovery in September 2012 of human remains beneath a Leicester car park, and now confirmed as being those of Richard lll has brought the Richard lll Society into the limelight.
Below. Richard lll Skeleton lies in a trench at Greyfriars Excavation Leicester,Central England.
As sponsors of the excavation,the Richard lll Society took something of a gamble but it was a calculated risk, based on the rigorous documentary research,paid for by the Richard lll Society,that took place before the archaeologists went anywhere near the site of the former Greyfriar’s Priory.
That is typical of the Richard lll Society ethos: solid academic research has always been the weapon that the society ruled by in their quest to find the facts about the life and times of Richard lll , and to counter the kind of speculation that puts Richard lll in the same category of evil murderers as Jack the Ripper or Lord Lucan .
King Richard lll
The powerful grip that Richard lll’s reign (1483-1485) continues to have on our imagination, 500 years after his death,is the reason why the Society has several thousand members all over the world, a packed programme of talks, tours and social activities,study days and conferences, an annual journal and quarterly newsletter, as well as an educational and research programme funded by members.
Below Karen Ladnuik (Richard lll Society) cleans a path made from reused medieval tiles.
Some powerful literary and historical works have contributed to our fascination with his reign: Shakespeare’s Richard lll portrays him as a villian in order to present Henry Vll as the founder of a legitimate new dynasty after the Battle of Bosworth; Horace Walpole’s Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third (1768) defends him against the accusation that he murdered the Princes in the Tower . Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time (195l dismisses the crimes attributed to him as improbable calumnies that would not stand up to Modern forensic examination.
Richard lll Society Chairman,Phil Stone, explains: We are not the Richard lll adoration Society. We are a Society of people who prefer that history should be based on.ascertained facts rather than on intuition and propaganda.
For further information go to www.richardlll.net
etienne
February 8, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Super post, Rita!!!
ritaroberts
February 8, 2013 at 6:56 pm
Thanks for your nice comment Etienne nice to hear from you.
nutsfortreasure
February 8, 2013 at 6:25 pm
WOW love you post I will share with my honey so he knows there is more than GOLD rings for treasure
nutsfortreasure
February 8, 2013 at 11:47 pm
ritaroberts
February 10, 2013 at 1:53 pm
Thankyou Eunice,you are also one of my favourite bloggers.
nutsfortreasure
February 10, 2013 at 3:17 pm
ritaroberts
February 9, 2013 at 8:45 am
Thankyou for your Comment Eunice..It is spectacular how the remains were finaly discovered of King Richard lll
nutsfortreasure
February 9, 2013 at 10:18 am
amazing how just figuring out DNA has lead to so many discoveries Keep up the great work
I will be missing lol almost 3 feet of snow fell and I much shovel 
Max Bulukaki
February 27, 2013 at 11:46 am
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ritaroberts
February 28, 2013 at 1:19 pm
Im pleased you enjoyed the post you read:- Richard lll Society.Thankyou for your kind comments.