Has the Princes in the Tower mystery finally been solved?
A writer and historian who played a key role in uncovering Richard III's remains in a Leicester car park claims to have proved that the Princes in the Tower were not murdered.
After ten years of investigation, Philippa Langley believes she has built a case for the boys' survival that needs to be disproven. She says her 'Missing Princes Project' has uncovered a large number of documents that, when considered together, create an irrefutable body of evidence.
Others say, however, that her findings are far short of proof and do not contradict the conventional narrative.
The traditional view on the Princes in the Tower — Edward V and Richard, Duke of York, the sons of Edward IV — is that the elder brother was deposed
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