July 6th 1483 in Westminster Abbey: Richard had himself crowned King of England. At his side his wife Anne. Queen at last. ibid.
They were all using each other. ibid.
If Richard didn’t kill them, then who did? The other person with a clear motive was Elizabeth Beaufort. ibid.
The rumours were truly scandalous: that Richard was courting his niece, the princess under the very nose of his wife. ibid.
Elizabeth Woodville gave her daughter in marriage to the family that may have killed her sons. ibid.
It was Margaret Beaufort who shaped the Tudor dynasty. ibid.
Tudor historians onwards went to town: Richard III was said to be malicious, wrathful and envious as a king; he was also a lump of foul deformity. British History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley I: The Wars of the Roses, BBC 2017
Richard III: one of the most notorious and controversial figures in English history. For over 500 years his body was lost. Then in August 2012 a group of archaeologists and historians went looking for it in a car park in Leicester. And on in the very first day in the first trench they found him. Richard III: The New Evidence, Channel 4 2018
The bones revealed that he really did have a twisted spine. ibid.
Chronic arthritis could have caused Richard constant pain. ibid.
Richard had something nasty in his gut: roundworm. ibid.
The most infamous story in the entire blood-soaked era happens twenty years after the Wars of the Roses begin – the slaying of two innocent young boys – the Princes in the Tower. Dan Jones, Britain’s Bloody Crown III: The Princes Must Die, Channel 5 2017
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plans to become Protector of England and take control of the young King, Edward V. He claimed he wanted to work with the King’s guardian, Earl Rivers. Instead, Richards arrests Rivers for treason. ibid.
With his main opponents dead or neutralised the throne is Richard’s for the taking. ibid.
Henry Tudor, a minor noble and rank outsider beats the infamous Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth and becomes Henry VII, the first Tudor king. Dan Jones, Britain’s Bloody Crown IV
Margaret Beaufort’s story spans the whole of the Wars of the Roses. She works in the shadows through three decades of turmoil to protect her only child … This woman ends the conflict. ibid.
Nearly 600 years ago England was torn apart by a series of bloody battles for the throne. In just 30 years the crown changed hands 7 times, tens of thousands were slaughtered. It was one of the most turbulent and violent times in British history. It’s known as the Wars of the Roses. The most infamous story in the entire blood-soaked era happens 20 years after the Wars of the Roses begin: the slaying of 2 innocent young boys – the Princes in the Tower. Dan Jones, Who Killed the Princes in the Tower? Channel 5 2019
The man responsible was almost certainly the Princes’ uncle, Richard III. ibid.
By early Autumn the princes have simply vanished. There’s no reliable record of their death. No bodies are found and no-one is put on trial. But by September almost nobody believes they are still alive. ibid.