In recent years, work by historians such as Paul Murray Kendall has started to unpick the lies. He sought peace, he showed compassion, he believed – as much as a king can believe – in equality and freedom of worship.īut the skilful work of Tudor propagandists, keen to show Bosworth victor Henry VII as the one true heir, meant it became something of an ongoing debate as to whether Richard or John are the worst kings of England. The most attractive element of the film is its attempt to put a 500-year-old record straight.Īs Philippa makes very clear, there is no compelling evidence that Richard murdered his nephews, he was not an evil usurper, but a loyal man who supported his brother, was violently betrayed by those he trusted, and who proved himself repeatedly to be a wise and benign duke and then king. She is looking for something – and that something turns out to be the mortal remains of a much-maligned king who was slain at the Battle of Bosworth 500 years ago. Philippa (Sally Hawkins) is the ME-suffering saleswoman who is bored with her job and has split up from her husband.
That the find was driven by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, with a burning desire to see King Richard’s reputation restored, makes this Brit-flick gold.īring together a cast of Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan and Simon Donaldson, put Stephen Frears in charge and you have a gentle feelgood yarn that will be bolted onto Christmas schedules for years to come. THE discovery of Richard III’s remains under a council car park in Leicester must rate as one of the most attractive news stories of the decade.
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