The problem is that the condition for granting the exhumation was that the
remains be buried in Leicester and by August 2013. Here at least you can't
just go around digging up bones no matter how old they are - there are
formalities that have to be gone through and permission has to be granted.
Presumably whoever granted the permission for the exhumation would also have
to agree to a change to the place of reburial and getting the Queen's
permission might add weight to a request for a change, although he isn't one
of her ancestors.
He was the last king of the House of York (but isn't the same person as
Richard of York; he was Richard III's father), and has no connection with
Westminster. That's why York thinks they have a claim on the skeleton and I
can see lengthy legal action by York Minster to get it changed which would
be a shame to make it into a circus.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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