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2 unusual facts about Princes in the Tower


1674 in England

Two skeletons of children are discovered at the White Tower (Tower of London) and believed at this time to be the remains of the Princes in the Tower.

Kirby Muxloe Castle

Along with his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, Edward V was one of the Princes in the Tower, who disappeared after being sent (ostensibly for their own safety) to the Tower of London.


Dominic Mancini

He returned to France in July, some time between the coronation of Richard III on (6 July 1483), before the princes disappeared, and the delivery of his report in December.

Richard IV of England

The character is very loosely based on the historical figure Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower who disappeared in 1483.


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