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• Richard III experts discuss how the project illustrates university research is changing for the better

  Date: 26 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/richard-iii-research-team-discuss-how-the-project-illustrates-how-university-research-is-changing

  Experts on Richard III have provided a series of insightful opinion pieces about the last Plantagenet king where they discuss their research,...

• Image highlights from the reinterment of Richard III

  Date: 26 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/image-highlights-from-the-reinterment-of-richard-iii

  A selection of photos from the reinterment of Richard III, which took place on Thursday 26 March, are now available to view.

• HM The Queen thanks University of Leicester in message for Richard III reinterment

  Date: 26 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/hm-the-queen-thanks-university-of-leicester-in-message-for-richard-iii-reinterment

  Her Majesty The Queen has thanked the University of Leicester in a message written for the reinterment ceremony of King Richard III on Thursday 26...

• Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry

  Date: 25 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry

  Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more...

• Historic reception brings together people connected by a bloody history

  Date: 24 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/historic-reception-brings-together-people-connected-by-a-bloody-history

  Over 500 years after a brutal and bloody battle put to death Richard III, England’s last warrior king, and changed the destiny of the country,...

• New exhibit to reveal latest research on Richard IIIs DNA and ancestry

  Date: 24 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/new-exhibit-to-reveal-latest-research-on-richard-iiis-dna-and-ancestry

  A new exhibit at the Science Museum in London has revealed the latest scientific discoveries about the life, death and DNA of King Richard III.

• Highlights from Universitys Richard III ceremony

  Date: 23 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/image-highlights-from-richard-iii-ceremony

  A selection of photos from the ceremony on Sunday 22 March to mark the departure of the mortal remains of King Richard III from the University are...

• University videos of ceremony for Richard III

  Date: 23 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/university-video-of-ceremony-for-richard-iii

  The video of the ceremony on Sunday 22 March where the mortal remains of Richard III left the University can be watched below: You can also watch...

• University ceremony for King Richard III

  Date: 20 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/university-bids-farewell-to-king-richard-iii

  A brief ceremony to mark the departure of the mortal remains of King Richard III from the University campus takes place on Sunday 22 March.

• Bible from the era of Richard III to mark reinterment ceremony

  Date: 19 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/bible-from-the-era-of-richard-iii-to-mark-reinterment-ceremony

  A 500-year-old Bible from Richard III’s lifetime, housed in the University's Special Collections, will play a key role in the ceremony marking the...