King Richard III Shakespeare - It has been proven that the skeletal remains found in a parking lot at Leicester belongs to none other than the medieval king, King Richard III. DNA tests done on the remains have not only proven the identity of the bones but has made researchers question Henry's legitimacy along with a few other English royals.
For those who don't know much of Shakespeare or of King Richard III, it was mentioned in the former's memorable play. King Richard III in Shakespeare's play was the hunched-shouldered ruler whose lines were: "Now is the winter of our discontent/Made glorious summer by this son of York." One other line from the play goes: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"
In King Richard III Shakespeare play, Duchess of York had castigated her son. Well, Shakespeare's play about the controversial king may prove to be prophetic. New studies on the skeletal remains found in Leicester parking lot prove that there might have been cases of infidelity when it comes to King Richard III successors and ancestors.
The skeletal remains not only prove that there were high chances of infidelity amongst members of the royal family, but the skeletal remains of King Richard III of Shakespeare's play made researchers question the nobility of his successors.
According to research done on the body of King Richard III of Shakespeare's famous play, Richard's chromosome particularly the Y chromosome did not match any DNA of the male successors. This means that somewhere along the lineage, the woman (in this case Richard III mother) had fathered a child with a man she was not betrothed to.
With regards to the body found of King Richard III Shakespeare, his bones specifically the curve of his spine has a "99.99999 percent chance" that is could indeed be the king who died in the year 1845 after a battle broke out.
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