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While researching to write a novel covering the Plantagenet and Tudor periods, I became incensed that we have not solved what happened to the boy princes in the Tower of London in 1483.
All historians and authors of historical novels about this subject, have varying hypotheses, some believe the boys escaped to Europe and were then supported by Maximilian of the Holy Roman Empire to invade England to dislodge Henry Tudor.
In 1674, while doing repairs to The White Tower, some workmen found the bones of two children hidden behind a wall. Charles II said these must be the bones of the two Plantagenets princes who it had been assumed were murdered by their uncle Richard III. So, Charles II, had the bones put in an urn and placed in Westminster Abbey, where they remain to this day.
But to know the truth, three things must happen.
The Challenge
To get these bones DNA tested
How can you help?
Add your name to the petition : We need 100,000 names to get this discussed in parliament.
We need Charles III support: As the bones may be Royal the king must give his permission for DNA testing.
The objective of this mission
If the bones are tested and proof can be confirmed these bones are the two royal princes. We can ask permission to have them re buried with there father and mother in St George’s Chapel: It seems only fair after being robbed of both their lives and the crown of England, they can lay with their parents Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville at Windsor for the balance of eternity.
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