Richard III - Post 3 of 10

On Twitter
Everyone is preparing for the reinterment, at least that's how it looks on Twitter! This afternoon I glanced at my Twitter timeline and saw the following tweets scroll down one after the other:

@+++++ Leicester Cathedral Square and Pop Up TV studio. It seems the whole city is being cleaned for #richardreburied 

@+++++ Live coverage of #RichardReburied #RichardIII as it happens @BBCLeicester from 22/03/15 onwards. Be part of it. 

@+++++ Our #horses are used at ceremonial events but this is the 1st time they will be escorting a King to his final resting place #richardreburied

@+++++ Quite a buzz @LeicsCathedral as crews set up for @Channel4 coverage next week 

I could go on but you get the idea. What on earth are we all going to tweet about when this is over?

Market Stall:

Advanced notice that I will be in front of the Corn Exchange in Leicester Market every day next week. We have a stall selling my book, the Children's Book of Richard III,  and I will be book signing every lunchtime. I will, of course, blog about it and there may even be photos.

 

Dates:

Yesterday’s blog post was a gallop through the events that led to a King being found under a car park. I wouldn’t usually give out dates to an assembly of children but here they are for any interested blog readers:

Battle of Bosworth 1485

Henry VIII dissolved Leicester's Grey Friars 1538

Alderman Herrick had a garden on the site 1580s

City Corporation bought the land 1866

Built a block of offices next to the spot 1936

Created the car park 1965

Archaeological dig 2012

The illustration on the left is Alice Povey's interpretation of one of Richard III's flags and is taken from my book.