We’re not surprised the ‘this son of York’ from William Shakespeare was Richard III an actual Ee By Gum Yorkshireman.
Only researchers, who somebody clearly thought deserved the time and the money, have claimed to have unravelled the mystery.
Through his skull shape and speech patterns of the time.
And I would defy anyone, AI or not, to replicate my voice in 500 years’ time based on that evidence.
Richard’s car park
Of course what this does is bring eyeballs to the King Richard III Museum on the site of the Greyfriars Friary in Leicester in England.
A drive-by city in a region, the English Midlands most rarely visit on their journey south to London.
The English Midlands though are a treasure trove for historians from its west.
And Stratford-upon-Avon, home of Shakespeare with its Anne Hathaway’s Cottage.
Through the canals of Birmingham and a host of such mini-vacations on the water.
To the east and Robin Hood in Nottingham Castle, Derby and its Peaks for trekking and Burton for its beers.
To a car park in Leicester where ten years ago the King Richard III Visitor Centre was opened to mark the identification of his body.
Bosworth field of dreams
The official explanation was that he fell here at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
Possibly exhorting ‘A horse, a horse, my kingdom, for a horse.’
Though it very well might have been ‘a parking space, a parking space’.
The King Richard story has been a Godsend for Leicester putting it on the tourist map.
With thousands having passed through the centre in the last ten years since it opened.
Of course, you’ll be able to dive into the mysteries of Richard’s life in this award-winning interactive experience.
Tower mysteries
Explore the various conspiracy theories around the Princes in the Tower, his two nephews who vanished into thin air.
And let your mind wander and imagine a hump-back warrior shouting at the skies on the battlefield…
Calling a spade a bloody shovel and ranting about God’s Own Country.
Mystery solved… it’s Richard III an actual Ee By Gum Yorkshireman.