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4. The Princes in the Tower, Part 2, London, England 1483

Richard II portrait — The earliest painting of Richard III, a 1520 copy of an earlier portrait.

In this episode, we discuss the various theories of what happened to young Edward V and his little brother Richard, who went into the Tower of London in June of 1483 and never came out alive. As far as anybody really knows.

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3. The Princes in the Tower, Part 1, London, England 1483

The Princes in the Tower, Millais — Millais’s painting of the princes, from 1878. The young king Edward V is wearing the Order of the Garter below his knee. Well, no. Not a true thing.

Well, probably 1483. That’s the last time anybody saw them, anyway. In this first part, we discuss the Cousins’ War, and how the boys ended up in the Tower, in June of 1483.

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