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Originally Posted by Catlady
Private funeral? Their bones were found buried under the stairs; that's pretty private all right!
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Touche - it does sound like quite a stretch put that way
We don’t know who those children under the stairs were, and I read that 2 other children had been found there as well. It’s possible they belonged to servants who couldn’t afford anything better for their own children who’d died. Many a child’s unmarked grave has been found on the grounds of old maternity homes, orphanages, etc.
What introduced some doubt for me, was reading that during renovations to the princes’ parents’ vault, there appeared to be two misidentified children. So that raises some legitimate questions - were the boys actually murdered?
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Originally Posted by Catlady
Quite convenient that they died at the same time. And did any of the revisionists find records of a doctor ever being called in to tend to them?
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The only account I’ve heard of was the doctor to Edward V, who said the boy believed he was going to killed.
But I don’t think it would be that unusual for several people in the same household to die in succession. They lived in close quarters, there were no vaccines and few effective treatments, etc.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
I don't see how the fate of the boys could be unrelated to the usurpation of the crown. I don't believe in coincidence, and their disappearance is way too convenient. What reason would Richard have had to keep them alive when their continued existence was a potential threat to him?
Who are the other suspects? Henry Tudor? Well, since Tey/Grant cites the subsequent behavior of the princes' mother and sisters toward Richard as an exonerating factor, doesn't it follow that the marriage of a sister to Henry helps exonerate Henry?
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I do agree with you - Richard usurped the throne, and both boys posed a threat. And I didn’t buy the argument about the princes’ mother and sister either. Fear for your own survival and protecting other family members are reasons enough to do whatever you’re told - whether by Richard or Henry.
But apparently historians have tried to make cases against other suspects, such as Buckingham. An article from the Independent mentions others. (I don’t don’t know if it’s a credible source).
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-10466190.html