The Search for Richard III: press pack

 

Public website: The Search for Richard III

Video and audio of the press conference

Listen to and download an audio file of the conference

Media resources

Contact details for key members of the research team
Video footage of the dig and remains (including high quality files for media use only)

Images

For use in news media publications only with credit included. All images must be credit to University of Leicester unless stated.

You can find captions and usage information in a word file accompanying the images.

Photographs of the Grey Friars skeleton
Details of injuries to the skeletal remains
Photographs of the research team at work
General imagery of the scientific work
Skull photograph
Grey Friars church illustrations
King Richard III's last stand at the Battle of Bosworth (re-enactment)
Photographs of the excavation and finds
Painting of Richard III at the Blue Boar Inn
Archive photography

Background information

The Science of the Search

Plantagenet genealogy: the search for Richard III’s living relatives

Vice-Chancellor's statement

Discovery could potentially separate the man from the myth say University of Leicester experts

Discussions of Richard III in the House of Commons (5 & 6 February)
Richard III press releases from other organisations


Archive material (previous press releases, features, images, video)
Media coverage

Further links

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