Princes in the Tower

A painting of the Princes in the Tower

Did Richard III really kill the Princes in the Tower?

'The Young Princes in the Tower', 1831. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Anne Boleyn, Beefeaters, Guy Fawkes and the princes: a brief history of the Tower of London

A portrait of Richard III. Was the last Yorkist king a usurper? Historian John Ashdown-Hill explains why this is a myth. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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The ‘Princes in the Tower’: Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, disappeared in mysterious circumstances following the death of their father, King Edward IV. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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An oil on panel portrait of Elizabeth Woodville

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The ‘Princes in the Tower’

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English actor Laurence Olivier as Richard III in a production of Shakespeare's play of the same name. (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images)

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The execution of Charles I. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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History quiz – prison escapes and the princes in the Tower

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Richard III was a “great king” who achieved more than the Elizabeths and Henry V

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Did Richard III murder the princes in the Tower? You debate

Paul Delaroche's 19th-century painting shows King Edward V and the Duke of York in the Tower of London. What happened next has puzzled historians for centuries. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The princes in the Tower: why was their fate never explained?