Horrible Histories - Richard III Song

History has been unkind to Richard III and he's written a song to set the record straight: he's a nice guy really!

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[4watlij]

I wish everyone would stop arguing about whether he was good or bad. As a history student (yes, I still watch HH even at 20) I know that there IS an area of debate surrounding the legend of Richard III. The idea that he was completely the opposite of how he is depicted is just meant to be funny- the suggestion that we could have got it this wrong is amusing! Because the show is educational, I think the point of this sketch is to get kids to question the assumptions that popular culture provides.

[SonicRules151]

Thumbs up if you just wanted to give Jim Howick a great big hug!

[jazzzyy13]

The make-up department is scarily clever on this show. This guy was Nero! I would never have recognised him!

And Richard III does seem to have been misinterpreted... but who knows? Great idea to portray him like this and get everyone into the debate.

[S4rl4t4n]

It's likely that Richard III did some of the things that historians have said but to a lesser degree. People forget and underestimate the power of Tudor propaganda especially that of Henry Tudor, who was a paranoid megalomaniac. He even had his wife give birth to his son in the cathedral where King Arthur was supposed to have been, just so that his son could be born in King Arthur's fictitious image. Richard was probably a pretty decent guy who unfortunately got forced into taking the kingship.

[peacyfields1998]

@4watlij Yeagh, I just watch it cause I think it's funny and Mat's hot

[coolorwot123]

SHAKESPEARE YOUR A DEAD MAN WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO HIM I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR THIS NO MATTER HOW GREAT YOUR PLAYS ARE THUMBS UP IF YOU HATE SHAKESPEARE'S GUTS

[coolorwot123]

thumbs up if you just want to hug richard lll i know i do i nearly cried

[vetrovfan]

@sethmanrockandroll He was the last king to die in battle and as I said before there is no proof he disposed of his nephews.It would have been against his character to do that. He only wanted to rule fairly and enacted many brilliant laws in the short time he was king. England would have been better off without the Tudors if only Richard had triumphed at Bosworth.

[vetrovfan]

@MightyDavidson Hi, there is no proof that Richard killed his nephews. Many theories abound about who it may have been, or even if they were killed! One theory has the older one dying of an infection and the other that the younger escaped to Burgundy and was taken in by his Aunt Margaret after Henry succeeded Richard. It goes against Richard's character that he would have his nephews murdered. Unfortunately we will never know.

[MightyDavidson]

@JadehavenAcademy But he didn't need to kill them. Parliment had already made the Princes illegitimate, they were already removed from the line of succession. Keeping the Princes around would've saved Richard III a lot of trouble later in his reign.

[BubbleTrubble360]

i have the same phobia of wasps...

p.s no one can prove anything

[kingnikolaj]

RUN, FORM THE WASP RICHARD!!!!!!