Dubai, Philippa Gregory on the Princes in the Tower

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1. I loved Richard, the Plantagents the true rulers of England.
2. Richard had nothing to gain from killing his nephews. Canonically, Edward's marriage to their mother was invalid and the offspring were illegitimate. The country did not want a child king and it certainly did not want the Woodvilles running things. For the boys deaths to have any meaning to Richard's reign at all, they would have had to have been open and public. The oldest boy was ill, under a doctor's care. It would have been no great feat to have killed both boys, declare they had died of an illness and presented their bodies for proper Christian burial. My theory is that both of the children were sent away, first probably to the North where the other children of the family were living, then possibly to Tyrell's home where there is evidence they lived with their mother for a time, then probably to Burgundy for safety. Edward probably died of the infection he was being treated for and Richard may well have grown up to become Perkin Warbeck. It certainly makes more sense than the idea that one of the most law conscious, honour ridden of English kings killed them for the heck of it
3. The white queen is now a series, Hats off to you Philipa! Loved your documentary on the real white queen, you were splendid!