Friday 20 September 2013

A tomb for the Kingmaker's Daughter?

Now that plans are being unveiled for an impressive tomb for Richard III, what about his queen consort?  Anne Neville is buried at Westminster Abbey in a tomb so discreet that it wasn't publicly marked until 1960 - almost five hundred years after she died.  Her burial place was unmarked and the Richard III Society put up a bronze plaque to allow visitors to locate it - she's laid to rest near the High Altar.  So now that her husband is about to get a magnificent tomb and his reputation is being rehabilitated as debate over his reign grows, is it time for his queen consort to be marked in a more magnificent manner? 


Richard III and his queen consort, Anne Neville, are crowned in the BBC adaptation of The White Queen

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