King Charles waiting to see 'how Denmark plays out' says Nikkhah

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King Charles III may be the Monarch to finally give the green light for forensic tests to be carried out to establish whether the bones are in fact those of King Richard III’s two nephews. Historian Tracy Borman claims Charles is on the record stating that he would be interested in solving the 500-year-old mystery which would confirm or refute claims that Richard III murdered the two Princes. 

The Church of England, with backing from Queen Elizabeth II, continuously refused to grant requests to carry out forensic tests on the bones which were found in the Tower of London. 

However, Charles – who studied archeology himself at university – is reportedly keen to have the bones examined to establish whether they are those of Princes Edward and Richard, which are currently buried in Westminster Abbey. 

Ms Borman, who is a joint curator of Historic Royal Palaces, was speaking at this year’s Sandon Literary Festival held in Staffordshire when she made the suggestion. 

She said: “He has said he would like an investigation to go ahead, so that we can determine, once and for all, how the young royals died.”

The “Princes in the Tower” mystery refers to the alleged murder of 12-year-old Prince Edward, who was then the heir to the throne, and his little 9-year-old brother, Prince Richard. Together, the young Princes were imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1483. 

They had been put under lock and key by their uncle, Richard III, and were never seen again. Richard, who reigned from 1452 to August 1485, has long been touted as the man responsbile for their deaths.

The mystery of the Princes in the Tower has pervaded the last 500 years, partly fuelled by the fact that William Shakespeare’s play “King Richard III” presents the former Monarch as a murderer. 

King Edward IV died suddenly at the age of just 41 consequently making his young son, Edward, heir to the throne. Edward IV, on his deathbed believed to be dying from pneumonia, left his brother Richard as his son’s protector.  

Richard then placed his two nephews in the Tower of London in order to ensure their safety. But legend has it that Richard was truly motivated by his own desire for power. 

The Princes were declared illegitimate by Richard after he claimed Edward IV was betrothed to another woman before he married the young boys’ mother. Richard then took the throne, and what exactly happened to the boys next is unknown. 

But two centuries later, in 1674, the bones of two children of similar ages were found in the Tower. 

Experts have wanted to run the tests on the remains for a number of years, but have not been able to do so as the bodies are interred in royal crypts and can only be exhumed with permission of the Monarch. 

In 2012, Richard III’s body was famously discovered under a car park 527 years after he was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

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This discovery renewed interest in the legend of the Princes in the Tower as the bones could now be carbon-dated in order to see whether they match Richard III’s DNA, therefore proving their identity. 

However, the Missing Princes Project, led by Philippa Langley, has been undertaking research into the enduring mystery of the disappearance of the Princes and it was her team of researchers who found Richard III’s body. 

The project, after five years of research, reached the conclusion that the two young boys could have been taken to Coldridge, Devon, instead.

They believe that Prince Edward lived out the rest of his life on the land of his half-brother under the fake name “John Evans”, after Langley’s team found medieval documents hinting at a deal struck between the Princes’ mother and Richard III. 

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