In August 2012, the University of Leicester in collaboration with the Richard III Society and Leicester City Council, began one of the most ambitious archaeological projects ever attempted: no less than a search for the lost grave of King Richard III. After many weeks of anticipation, it is now officially safe to state that the skeletal remains found in a Leicester carpark are those of Richard III.

Yesterday at a specially convened press conference (broadcast live to the world on the internet, and which trended worldwide on Twitter), Richard Buckley, the lead archaeologist on the project at the University of Leicester, announced that: “beyond reasonable doubt the individual exhumed at Grey Friars on September 12th is indeed Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England”.

The Search For Richard project official website has since been updated with news, multimedia, and more detailed information about the dig and the process of identifying King Richard III: http://www.le.ac.uk/richardiii/index.html