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Human remains discovered beneath a social services car park in Leicester are those of Richard III, scientists confirmed today.
The skeleton, unearthed in a dig last September, showed evidence of the same curvature of the spine and battle injuries thought to have been suffered by the last Plantagenet king.
Richard was killed in battle more than 500 years ago at the Battle of Bosworth field, which marked the end of his line and the rise of the Tudors.

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Lowaicue said:
Whisky Liz presented with 500 year overdue parking ticket.
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This made me laugh.

A severely disabled Leicester King faces having to find work after being declared fit to work by French firm ATOS Healthcare despite being registered dead and suffering severe 550-year-old sword wounds to the head. The dead monarch, Richard Plantagenet, was called for a reassessment of his fitness for work by ATOS – which carries out disability assessments on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - after it was discovered the deposed King had spent years lying in a Leicester City Council car park doing absolutely nothing.

As a result of the reassessment by ATOS, the last royal descendant of the House of York was shocked to receive a letter this week telling him he had been given a score of zero in all criteria, which means he is considered to be fit to work. The letter from the DWP states it considers Mr Plantagenet’s lack of eyes doesn’t prevent him from “finding his way around familiar and unfamiliar places” and the fact he is bereft of life does not mean his “capability for work is limited.” However, the deceased king has questioned the disability assessment, claiming he has been registered dead since he was killed and crudely buried by his successor Henry VII during the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.

http://tompride.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/atos-declare-richard-iii-fit-for-work/
 
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Aoxomoxoa said:
Human remains discovered beneath a social services car park in Leicester are those of Richard III, scientists confirmed today.
The skeleton, unearthed in a dig last September, showed evidence of the same curvature of the spine and battle injuries thought to have been suffered by the last Plantagenet king.
Richard was killed in battle more than 500 years ago at the Battle of Bosworth field, which marked the end of his line and the rise of the Tudors.

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Thanks, very interesting. Was this the "now is the winter of our discontent" king or am I thinking of RII?
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
Human remains discovered beneath a social services car park in Leicester are those of Richard III, scientists confirmed today.
The skeleton, unearthed in a dig last September, showed evidence of the same curvature of the spine and battle injuries thought to have been suffered by the last Plantagenet king.
Richard was killed in battle more than 500 years ago at the Battle of Bosworth field, which marked the end of his line and the rise of the Tudors.

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Pretty cool....thats quite a historic find....
 
The project has been driven by Philippa Langley, an Edinburgh based screenwriter and secretary of the Scottish branch of the Richard III Society, “ who, four years ago, was researching a screenplay about ‘the real Richard’ (“not at all” she points out, “the brutal, ruthless tyrant that is given to us by most historians”).

http://www.richardiii.net/index.php
 
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Aoxomoxoa said:
This made me laugh.

A severely disabled Leicester King faces having to find work after being declared fit to work by French firm ATOS Healthcare despite being registered dead and suffering severe 550-year-old sword wounds to the head. The dead monarch, Richard Plantagenet, was called for a reassessment of his fitness for work by ATOS – which carries out disability assessments on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - after it was discovered the deposed King had spent years lying in a Leicester City Council car park doing absolutely nothing.

As a result of the reassessment by ATOS, the last royal descendant of the House of York was shocked to receive a letter this week telling him he had been given a score of zero in all criteria, which means he is considered to be fit to work. The letter from the DWP states it considers Mr Plantagenet’s lack of eyes doesn’t prevent him from “finding his way around familiar and unfamiliar places” and the fact he is bereft of life does not mean his “capability for work is limited.” However, the deceased king has questioned the disability assessment, claiming he has been registered dead since he was killed and crudely buried by his successor Henry VII during the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.

http://tompride.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/atos-declare-richard-iii-fit-for-work/
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Imagine finally finding a car parking space and then having to wait 400 years for some German or frenchy to invent the car. Explains the war I reckon.
 
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