Princes In The Tower - DVD Clip "1483"

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of 12 year-old King Edward V and his brother Richard, Duke of York has been the cause of speculation and fascination for over five centuries. In 1491, eight years after the Princes in the Tower were presumed murdered; a young man told an astonished world that he was Richard, back to claim the throne of England. Was this man Richard, Duke of York, or was he Perkin Warbeck, a brilliant imposter? There are many versions of what might have happened during his final interrogation in the Tower of London. This riveting drama presents one of them.

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Film & Animation

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• King
• Edward
• V
• Richard
• Duke
• of
• York
• Tower
• Scandal
• History
• Mystery
• Murder
• England
• British
• Perkin
• Warbeck

[gOtHiCxAnGeLxox]

Edward V, prince of Wales and his younger brother, Richard, 1st Duke of York and 1st Duke of Norfork. *Sigh* Their story is a sad one.

[meglovesJessieJ]

I only watched this because I'm the saddest person in the class because I am the only one who enjoys history and I was intrugued by this topic. I'm only in year 7, but I think I have used the widest amount of sources possible for a person of my age. In our lessons we have tried to solve this mystery and have gone into deep depths. I am still keen on finding out more- and I have now made myself keen to be a historian, because of cases like this. I still don't think I should judge Richard yet.

[TheBeauty115]

why didnt there mother try to find them!!! didnt she care they had dissapeared!!!!!!!!

[TheBeauty115]

I am crying right now from watching this what happend to those boys makes me sick its just horrible they did nothing wrong they were just kids its awful if i had been alive when they dissapeared I would have risked anything to find out who did it I want to murder the people who did this!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Diehardnow2142]

im in yr 8 and im doing a report about the princes in the tower and i gotta say that i hav learnt a lot from the video and all these comments thnx:)

[Nicollie1062]

@Lizzie9176 Actually, she did have something to gain. If Henry Tudor were to beat Richard..the Princes would still be a viable threat. By getting rid of them - the only thing standing in their way would be Richard. She wouldn't be putting Richard on the throne, he was already King legally. After the Princes are dead - her son with the obscure claim could take advantage of the hatred towards Richard and move in to take the throne. Buckingham had the same motive. That's my view. Cheers.

[Lizzie9176]

@Lizzie9176 There are plenty of reasons for Richard to hush up the deaths of the Princes, too. Don't forget, he never confirmed, nor denied it. There was just a big fat silence. If he could just have proved that they were alive, then he would have silenced everyone, but, he did not.

All of the evidence points to Richard, and I personally am satisfied that he did. All other theories are just clutching at straws.

[Lizzie9176]

@Nicollie1062 Sorry, but that doesn't change the fact that Margaret Beaufort had little to actually gain from the deaths of the Princes. She would merely be putting her sworn enemy on the throne, not her son (who's obscure claim was just as obscure, whether or not the boys lived). The effort of killing them was well and truly disproportionate to the end result. I mean, good heavens, I know Margaret Beaufort is weirdly unpopular, but does that make her capable of murder?

[meglovesJessieJ]

Well, I'm in Year 8 now so I'm doing the Tudor monarchs, I don't care much about this anymore...

[Nicollie1062]

@Lizzie9176 cont'd - got sick and died. There would be a funeral etc..just like with Henry VI. He would have known that if they just suddenly disappeared, the blame would go on him. He would know that his enemies would use that against him. Those are my thoughts..aside from the usual "Tudor propoganda" lol. Take care. Cheers!

[Nicollie1062]

@Lizzie9176 Although Henry Tudor personally could not have done it.. his mother was plotting with Buckingham etc..married to Stanley. Those men had influence, especially Buckingham who could have ordered it done. Buckingham himself had a claim to the throne and would have benefited from it looking like Richard did it.+ Richard obv. would have known that if something were to happen to his nephews, people would hate him. It would make more sense if he had them killed, to make it look like they -

[Nicollie1062]

@meglovesJessieJ Yeah Stanley is a treasonous swine..and Richard was unbelievably brave during that battle.