
A Manx researcher has been recalling the role the Isle of Man played in events which led to a significant archaeological find.
Yesterday’s confirmation that a skeleton, found beneath a Leicester car park, is the remains of Richard the Third has ended a five-centuries old mystery about the final resting place of the last English king to die in battle.
Local author Hampton Creer says there are strong links to a man widely depicted as one of history's most notorious villains.

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