Richard III

A dead king and now a winning football club: Leicester’s renaissance

A year after Richard III was buried, Leicester can’t stop its winning ways

Can a dead king put Leicester on the tourist map?

Civic leaders are betting that King Richard III is just what Leicester needs

A burial fit for the last English king slain in battle

King Richard III’s remains are finally at rest, in Leicester Cathedral

What you need to know about Richard III’s reburial

Royal specialist Patricia Treble, our lady in Leicester, gets you set up for the parking lot king’s remarkable reinterment on Thursday

Richard III: Dead king live tweets his final days

Final words — from the grave — in 140 characters or less

Is there anything Benedict Cumberbatch can’t do?

The actor, who is playing the slain king, will read a poem at Richard III’s reinterment

Battle of Bosworth: Hunting for descendants of those who fought

‘Oh my God, why can’t you have children?’ Tracking down descendants wasn’t easy

Richard III: Thousands line up to see the parking lot king

So many people want to see the medieval king that opening hours have been extended

Was King Richard III a hunchback?

Shakespeare’s king was an hunchback, complete with withered arm and a limp. Scientists separate truth from fiction.

An obituary for an oak: From the backwoods to Richard III’s coffin

A century-old oak felled on Prince Charles’s estate is turned into a royal coffin

Video: Canada’s Michael Ibsen on his family link to Richard III

The London, Ont.-born cabinetmaker talks about creating the coffin that will be Richard III’s final resting place

Canada’s connection to King Richard III: The inside story

The king was identified by DNA from a Canadian who just built the regal coffin