{"id":18421,"date":"2022-10-07T13:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T11:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=216817"},"modified":"2022-10-07T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T11:44:08","slug":"richard-iii-returns","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/richard-iii-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard III returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Attar\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 07 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Ten years after the remains of Richard III were unearthed, and as <em>The Lost King<\/em> arrives in UK cinemas, archaeologist and author Mike Pitts reflects on the astonishing discovery of the \u201cking in the car park\u201d, which made headlines across the globe. Speaking with Rob Attar, he reveals how the dramatic breakthrough was made and what Richard\u2019s remains can tell us about his life and death.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-216817-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/LostKing-39d352d.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/LostKing-39d352d.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/LostKing-39d352d.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Mike Pitts is the author of <em>Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King<\/em> (Thames &amp; Hudson, 2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/digging-for-richard-iii-the-search-for-the-lost-king-revised-and-expanded\/9780500252000&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Digging-Richard-III-Archaeology-Found\/dp\/0500292027\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=CJRVNH9F7GI6&amp;keywords=mike+pitts+richard+iii&amp;qid=1663938750&amp;sprefix=%2Caps%2C57&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/digging-for-richard-iii\/mike-pitts\/debra-j-dewitte\/9780500292020&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rob Attar Published: Friday, 07 October 2022 at 12:00 am Ten years after the remains of Richard III were unearthed, and as The Lost King arrives in UK cinemas, archaeologist and author Mike Pitts reflects on the astonishing discovery of the \u201cking in the car park\u201d, which made headlines across the globe. 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