You don't have to be Royal Groupie to be captivated by recent
headlines about Richard III. It isn't every King whose burial
place is lost and then found, and whose remains are identified
by scientific and historical analysis and confirmed by DNA. When
I heard the news about "the king in the carpark" in late
January, and learned that Dr. Turi King would be presenting at
Who Do You Think You Are LIVE, the biggest family history event
in the world, I hoped I could get a ticket to the presentation.
Luckily, although tickets were sold out early, I was able to
find a place at the back of the room and catch the entire talk.
Dr. Turi King, University of Leicester geneticist, led the
audience through the project beginning with the initial search
for the location of the Greyfriars' church, believed to have
been the final resting place of the defeated King Richard after
the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 It was interesting to learn
that the site location and excavation occurred in tandem with
the genealogical work of