Richard III

Memorial cross at Flodden Field, site of Battle of Flodden 1513, Northumberland, 1994. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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An 1864 illustration depicts King Henry VI and the Dukes of York and Somerset, after York's return from Ireland in 1450. Artist James William Edmund Doyle. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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'Battle of Agincourt', 25 October 1415. Hand-coloured later. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Richard III's skull. (Image by Catriona Gray)

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