Richard III vs Henry VII
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Did Richard Kill His Necromancers in 1483?
i would argue that richard most likely did not kill them in 14 83, and never had any intention of doing so. If he killed his nephews in 14 83 as the first response to a crisis, which would be incredibly out of character, he did it to stop them being a threat to his throne. In order to stop thembeing that threat, he had to tell people that they were dead. So without everybody knowing that those boys are dead, the threat doesn't stop. He's done it for no gain. And so if he killed them, he hat to let everybody know that they're dead. That silence suggests to me that they weren't killed in 14 83. What
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