Richard III reburial date announced

August 11, 2014

According to Expatica:

The remains of English king Richard III will be reburied at Leicester Cathedral in March 2015…the University of Leicester announced on Thursday.

Richard will be reinterred on March 26 in one of three services to remember his life and death in 1485.

Accompanied by a cortege, his remains will arrive at the cathedral on March 22 before lying in repose for three days.

The service of reinterment will be broadcast live on Britain’s Channel 4 television.

Richard, the 14 times great-grand-uncle of Queen Elizabeth II, became the last English king to die in battle.

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