FOX News: Skeleton found in parking lot identified as that of England's King Richard III, experts say

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Skeleton found in parking lot identified as that of England's King Richard III, experts say Feb 4th 2013, 10:49 LEICESTER, England –  Scientists say they have found the 500-year-old remains of England's King Richard III under a parking lot in the city of Leicester. University of Leicester researchers say tests on a battle-scarred skeleton unearthed last year prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that it is the king, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, and whose remains have been missing for centuries. "Richard III, the last Plantaganet King of England," has been found," said the university's deputy registrar, Richard Taylor. Osteologist Jo Appleby said Monday that study of the bones provided "a highly convincing case for identification of Richard III." And DNA from the skeleton matches a sample taken from a distant living relative of Richard's sister. The last English monarch to die in battle, Richard was depicted in a play by William Shakespeare as a hunchbacked usurper who left a trail of bodies -- including those of his two princely nephews, murdered in the Tower of London -- on his way to the throne. Many historians say that villainous image is unfair, and argue Richard's reputation was smeared by his Tudor successors. The mayor of Leicester, Peter Soulsby, said the monarch would be interred in the city's cathedral, 100 miles north of London.

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