Hannah McMorrow

If they were still alive, that is.

Whilst Henry allegedly searched Richard III's properties and the Tower of London looking for the princes, just to make extra sure they weren't still hanging around and had just been missed somewhere...

It stands to reason that even if they were still around after Richard III died, they wouldn't have managed to stay that way for very long, I don't think.

Moore's account gave lurid details to what had been widely whispered about for decades.

And in the following years, it basically became gospel.

William Shakespeare used Moore as his main source to write Richard III in the 1590s, depicting the Yorkist king as a tyrannical villain who definitely, absolutely, totally killed his nephews.

Calls him a bottled spider.

But historians have questioned Moore's reliability as a non-contemporary source who had his own loyalties to the Tudor courts that followed Richard's brief reign.

But in 2024, Professor Tim Thornton from the University of Huddersfield uncovered genuine evidence to back up his claims.

Thomas More was found to be in close contact with the sons of the alleged assassins, and legacy documents indicate that a gold chain belonging to the doomed Prince Edward was passed down through the family of Sir James Tyrell.

And as More's sources came to life, it started to look a lot more credible.

Interesting that nobody checked that exact spot in 200 years, though, isn't it?

Just have a look.

Why not have a look?

The bones remained untouched for over another 200 years until, in 1933, King George V gave his permission to have them tested using cutting-edge new technology.

The scientists found the ages of the victims to roughly fit a 12- and 9-year-old and pointed out evidence indicating suffocation.

How the fuck they got that from some fucking 600-year-old bones?

Come on.

The 1933 report has been widely criticised for falling victim to confirmation bias.

The researchers just assumed the bones belonged to the princes.