Beware the historical podcasts who ask you to pay
9th May 2026 by | Uncategorized
Beware the historical podcasts who ask you to pay and only provide speculation and not facts
Having listened to a podcast on Friday, I wanted to make a few facts clear that seem, at times, to be obscured by drama.
The story of the Princes in the Tower is compelling enough without embellishment, yet it is precisely here that clarity matters most.
Firstly, the suggestion that Elizabeth Woodville and her children endured a bleak and physically deprived existence within Westminster Abbey does not reflect the historical reality. Woodville took sanctuary within the Abbey precincts, but she did so in a substantial residence, extended to accommodate her household. While the circumstances were undoubtedly tense and uncertain, they were not those of cold, damp confinement as is it described, in a recent pod cast doing the rounds.
Secondly, it is important to be precise when discussing the remains believed to be those of Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. There has been no clearly documented, formal refusal following a specific application for DNA testing. Rather, permission for such examination has simply not been granted — a distinction that is often lost, but one that matters.
And finally, on the suggestion that answers may lie elsewhere — even within the tomb of Mary of York — we must return to the timeline. Mary died in 1482, before the disappearance of her brothers in 1483. As such, she cannot provide an answer to events that had not yet unfolded.
I am grateful to a reader who works at Windsor Castle for drawing my attention to the following resource, which sets out the matter with clarity:
https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/the-princes-in-the-tower/
These distinctions are not minor.
They remind us that while interpretation may be engaging, it must remain grounded in evidence. And so we return, once again, to the central question:
Who are the remains held within Westminster Abbey?
Until that question is answered through scientific examination, the debate will continue to circle itself — rich in theory, but lacking in proof.
Please take a moment not to offer me payments or money, but to merely sign the petition on my website: So, The Truth will found : www.murderinthetower.london
Gemma
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