So many and unlikely are the twists in the discovery and identification of the remains of King Richard III, the last Plantagenet, dug up in a car park in Leicester, England, that one scarcely knows where to begin.
Let’s proceed chronologically.
Richard III was King of England for a period of 26 months (1483-1485). He died at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, the battle that essentially concluded the War of the Roses.
