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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Philippa_LangleyPhilippa Langley - Wikipedia

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   www .philippalangley .co .uk. Philippa Jayne Langley MBE (born 29 June 1962) [6] is a British writer, producer, and Ricardian, who is best known for her role in the discovery and 2012 exhumation of Richard III, as part of the Looking for Richard project, for which she was awarded an MBE.

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3. www.philippalangley.co.uk › looking-for-richardLooking for Richard - Philippa Langley

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   Philippa's story is fully documented in The Lost King: The Search for Richard III (first published as The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III, 2013) and in Finding Richard III: The Official Account of Research by the Retrieval and Reburial Project, 2014. Her instruction to exhume the remains in Trench One is recorded in both accounts (p ...

4. www.philippalangley.co.uk › lost-kingThe Lost King - Philippa Langley

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   In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics.

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   Who was Philippa Langley?

   • Led the Search for Richard III Philippa Langley conceived, facilitated and commissioned the quest for King Richard III’s lost grave as part of her ongoing research into history’s most controversial monarch.

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   How much did Philippa Langley cost?

   • Philippa Langley’s costs from 2010-2012 (including research and development, travel, accommodation, rights and permissions) came to a total of £9,344.67. The total funding by the Richard III Society and its members towards the retrieval of Richard III’s remains and his reburial was £90,061.

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   What happened to King Richard III?

   • In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics.

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   When did Langley start digging for Richard III?

   • Langley approached the University of Leicester in 2011, and excavations began on August 25, 2012, after several exploratory assessments and fundraising campaigns. “It’s almost impossible to list the number of coincidences and chances that came together to produce the result that was achieved,” says Pitts, author of Digging for Richard III.

   'The Lost King' Dramatizes the Search for Richard III's Remains. The

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6. richardiii.net › faqs › the-princes-in-the-towerThe Princes in the Tower - Richard III Society

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   The published evidence does not support the traditional story. Philippa Langley, in her book The Princes in the Tower (The History Press, November 2023) reports investigative work by The Missing Princes Project, an international team of researchers set up by Langley to comb archives for traces of what happened to them. This newly found evidence ...

7. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-leicestershireRichard III: How things have changed since we dug up a king - BBC

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   Aug 25, 2022 · Archaeologists from the University of Leicester were persuaded to excavate the car park following dogged research from Philippa Langley, along with colleagues in the Richard III Society ...

8. richardiii.net › finding-reburying-richard › search-teamSearch Team - Richard III Society

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   Philippa Langley conceived, facilitated and commissioned the quest for King Richard III’s lost grave as part of her ongoing research into history’s most controversial monarch. Her Looking For Richard Project marked the first-ever search for the grave of an anointed King of England, and was made into the award-winning TV documentary The King ...

9. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-lost-king‘The Lost King’ Dramatizes the Search for Richard III’s ...

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   Mar 23, 2023 · Meilan Solly. Associate Editor, History. Richard III was never meant to be king. The youngest surviving child of a duke, Richard saw his family’s fortunes shift dramatically during the Wars of ...