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elsie55 asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 8 years ago

Poll. Where should Richard III be buried?Leicester or York?

On the news today Leicester Cathedral plan a £1,000,000 upgrade of the cathedral to accommodate Richard.

Do you think this is excessive?

York are contesting this. They want him.

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  • Lomax
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Definitely not York.

    Although he was titular Duke of York, that city was always hostile to him and his family. Paradoxical as it may sound, during the Wars of the Roses, York was a Lancastrian stronghold (the main Yorkist powerbase was London).

    As a King of England, I reckon he deserves to be buried in Westminster Abbey; but if that's not an option, then Leicester.

  • Bobby
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Richard III was from the House of York so I'd say that's where he should be buried.

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