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I was watching season 2 of the Hollow Crown and the final part was Shakespeare's Richard III. Basically Richard's brother King Edward dies suddenly and he becomes lord protector and the safety of his brother's two young sons (Edward V, the future king) was entrusted to him. Richard later becomes king and he has the two boys detained in the tower of London where they are never seen again.
This is one of the great unsolved mysteries in history. Thomas Moore wrote that Richard had the boys killed because they were a threat to his reign. There have also been rumors that the princes did in fact escape, or that it might have been Henry Tudor (or even his mother) who had them killed after he defeated and killed Richard III in battle to become king.
I personally think Richard did have the boys killed, simply because they were a threat to him. What do you think?
I was watching season 2 of the Hollow Crown and the final part was Shakespeare's Richard III. Basically Richard's brother King Edward dies suddenly and he becomes lord protector and the safety of his brother's two young sons (Edward V, the future king) was entrusted to him. Richard later becomes king and he has the two boys detained in the tower of London where they are never seen again.
This is one of the great unsolved mysteries in history. Thomas Moore wrote that Richard had the boys killed because they were a threat to his reign. There have also been rumors that the princes did in fact escape, or that it might have been Henry Tudor (or even his mother) who had them killed after he defeated and killed Richard III in battle to become king.
I personally think Richard did have the boys killed, simply because they were a threat to him. What do you think?