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Thousands of people are expected to descend on Leicester as the reburial of King Richard III gets under way later.
The cortege will pass places in Leicestershire associated with the former king, who died at Bosworth in 1485, with the coffin set to reach Leicester Cathedral at 17:35 GMT.
The king will be reinterred on Thursday at the cathedral with a ceremony led by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
Richard's skeleton was found in 2012, in an old friary beneath a car park.
A special morning service was held at the cathedral and a vigil was staged by a local re-enactment group at the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre earlier.
Richard III hearse
The university's chancellor is leading a short public ceremony before the hearse departs
Richard III's hearse has arrived at the University of Leicester, where a ceremony is being held before the coffin will depart at about 11:40.
The reburial procession starts at Fenn Lane Farm, believed to be the closest spot to where the king was killed, at 12:30.
Ceremonies are due to take place as the cortege travels towards Leicester, including at Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Bow Bridge, the medieval city boundary.
The city council has announced disruption to roads and car parks for Sunday.
Leicester Cathedral
His remains will reach Leicester Cathedral at 17:30 GMT on Sunday
After a service at St Nicholas Church, the coffin will be transferred to a horse-drawn hearse before arriving at the cathedral via High Street and Grey Friars.
The council said the best places to see the cortege would be High Street, Gallowtree Gate or outside Curve Theatre.
Screens will be up at the Clock Tower and Jubilee Square showing the procession live.
City Mayor Peter Soulsby said it would be a "breathtaking event" and encouraged people to use public transport.
"We are expecting large numbers of people to want to pay their respects in a dignified manner to King Richard and the journey of his cortege into the city will give people the chance to do that," he said.
There will be rolling road closures along the A47 Hinckley Road and drivers have been asked to use other routes. There will be disruption to Newarke Street, Rutland Centre and St Nicholas car parks.
Footpaths and cycle paths will remain open as normal.
The cortege will pass places in Leicestershire associated with the former king, who died at Bosworth in 1485, with the coffin set to reach Leicester Cathedral at 17:35 GMT.
The king will be reinterred on Thursday at the cathedral with a ceremony led by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
Richard's skeleton was found in 2012, in an old friary beneath a car park.
A special morning service was held at the cathedral and a vigil was staged by a local re-enactment group at the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre earlier.
Richard III hearse
The university's chancellor is leading a short public ceremony before the hearse departs
Richard III's hearse has arrived at the University of Leicester, where a ceremony is being held before the coffin will depart at about 11:40.
The reburial procession starts at Fenn Lane Farm, believed to be the closest spot to where the king was killed, at 12:30.
Ceremonies are due to take place as the cortege travels towards Leicester, including at Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Bow Bridge, the medieval city boundary.
The city council has announced disruption to roads and car parks for Sunday.
Leicester Cathedral
His remains will reach Leicester Cathedral at 17:30 GMT on Sunday
After a service at St Nicholas Church, the coffin will be transferred to a horse-drawn hearse before arriving at the cathedral via High Street and Grey Friars.
The council said the best places to see the cortege would be High Street, Gallowtree Gate or outside Curve Theatre.
Screens will be up at the Clock Tower and Jubilee Square showing the procession live.
City Mayor Peter Soulsby said it would be a "breathtaking event" and encouraged people to use public transport.
"We are expecting large numbers of people to want to pay their respects in a dignified manner to King Richard and the journey of his cortege into the city will give people the chance to do that," he said.
There will be rolling road closures along the A47 Hinckley Road and drivers have been asked to use other routes. There will be disruption to Newarke Street, Rutland Centre and St Nicholas car parks.
Footpaths and cycle paths will remain open as normal.
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c4 live till 8pm..... streets packed
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betting ?
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could the formalities be interrupted by Tudor supporters ?
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Wazzocks chucking flowers at the coffin. Give me strength!
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He will be sorely missed
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From car park ...to cardboard box ...DNA testing...10 month high court case..... english oak coffin ...4 horse carriage to street lined piligrims in there thousands ..... being buried Thursday
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MARVELLOUS STUFF RICHY!
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C4 - Krishnan Guru-Murthy is no David Dimbleby
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Ridiculously OTT.
Should have just been interred quietly in a small service with his descendants present. Not be subject to this circus. It may not be winter, but I'm still discontent. |
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Let's not let the fact that he, in all probability, was a child killer, get in the way of a good old spectacle.
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I THOUGHT I HAD NO LIFE OM HERE ,BUT IF YOUVE GOT TO GO AND WATCH THING LIKE HIS BURIEL PROCESSION I DONT WANT A LIFE.I BET ITS NOT HIM THEIR BURYING ,THEY MAKE IT UP AS THEY GO ALONG ,HE WASNT EVEN WEARING HIS CROWN WHEN THEY FOUND HIM
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I THOUGHT I HAD NO LIFE OM HERE ,BUT IF YOUVE GOT TO GO AND WATCH THING LIKE HIS BURIEL PROCESSION I DONT WANT A LIFE.I BET ITS NOT HIM THEIR BURYING ,THEY MAKE IT UP AS THEY GO ALONG ,HE WASNT EVEN WEARING HIS CROWN WHEN THEY FOUND HIM
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Typifies the boring middle class english.
Probably the same lot that have talked for weeks on end about that load of old bollux aka the eclipse |
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YES ONCE YOUVE SEEN ONE ECLIPSE YOUVE SEEN THEM ALL
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AND PEOPLE CLAP ,THEIR THE SAME PEOPLE WHO GOT EXITED WHEN BOTTLED WATER WENT ON SALE
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MARVELLOUS STIFF MONARCH!
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Embarrassing scenes indeed.
In an era when anyone seen even patting a child on the head is a paedophile, here's an alleged child double-murderer being given the VIP treatment. I'm amazed that various Z-list celebrities aren't arriving on the red carpet to tell us how much they loved the misunderstood old pervert. I'd imagine that KIng Richard would prefer to be buried in York as well. If he could see modern day Leicester, he'd be turning in his box. |
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i hope martin fitzmaurice is involved somewhere
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my kingdom for a pony
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LOL Bito
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Four hour queues to see a sealed box full of old bones.
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I hope this re-enactment of the death of Richard III help the Police find who killed him.
There'll be a few calls to Crimewatch off the back of this. "Were you in the vicinity of Bosworth Field in the summer of 1485? If so, Leicestershire Constabulary would like to hear from you." |
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Why the big ceremony. I just press flush when I want to get rid of a Richard the third.
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I just open its aviary.
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Roger
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Peasants
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I assume there was an official inquiry into his death at the time. Assuming the judiciary still moves at the same speed, I am expecting a summary of the inquiry's findings about now.
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.....and we'll all probably have to apologise.....lessons will be learned......there will be an update for Adobe Flash Player....the sun goes down, the sun comes up.
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you can almost hear prince andrew wringing his hands
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Watching the Reburial now on C4.
Warning for those of you with a weak stomach : it's turning into a horrendous luvvie-fest. |
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Gary Glitter nonces up a bunch of kids and we throw away the key (quite rightly).
This Herbert murders his nephews, waits around a few centuries and we're hanging out the Jennie Bond and Nicholas Witchell- flavoured bunting for him. Rum old world. |
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I waiting to see what other items they'll put in his grave. I expect one of the items will be a CD of Supergrass's 1997 single "Richard III".
When I get buried in Westminster Abbey, I'll personally be demanding that my Phil Taylor signed dartboard, and my Wimbledon memorabilia signed by Steffi Graf and Marion Bartoli comes with me for eternity. |
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If ever the muddled thinking of the UK has been illustrated it has been the last two days...
A middle-aged, wannabe yob (Clarkson) is quite rightly told his services are no longer required after he punches a work colleague. Same thing would almost certainly happen to anyone. As a result, the person assaulted receives public abuse and even death threats. Yet how many of those dishing out said abuse and death threats are today engaging in mawkish sentimentality about someone who died hundreds and hundreds of years ago? Showing 'respect' in this country seems to be a matter of choice, not a standard. Our thinking is muddled and foolish and this service, funeral, court case and whatever else, has been a scandalous and stupid waste of time and money. Say what you like, but can we be CERTAIN that is even the bones of Richard III? This all started with Diana and christ knows where it will end. What I would bet, though, is that the majority of those making a show of themselves today have yet to lose a loved one. Once they have, they will then learn what real grief and sadness is. I despair. |
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Utterly ridiculous scenes, as the poem what I wrote for the ceremony was overlooked in favour of some dismal effort written by some taxpayer-funded state "official" poet.
Mine was a lot better, and for good measure here it is. I expect scholars will pore over it for the next 500 years. For solemnity I wrote it in blank verse. LINES FOR THE CEREMONIAL REBURIAL OF KING RICHARD III As my mortal remains lie in this Oak box, I think to myself "What was wrong with an cardboard eco-friendly job? And the Co-Op would have done a lot better send-off for less dough" What do you all reckon about my blonde highlights? Why? Because I'm worth it. Neat eh? They'll all be doing it one day. Not that I'm a Friend of Dorothy mind you. Fair play, I soon sorted out those bloody annoying nephews of mine didn't I? And got away with it. I gave them fair warning about playing Ker-Plunk and Buckaroo for all hours making their racket. Ye Gods, are they really burying me in Leicester? Why on earth did I try to help England so much, only for my ancestors to surrender it to the Peace Lovers? For God's sake put my box on the next Inter-City to Yorkshire. Not Rotherham though obviously. I'll even suffer the indignity of being interred next to Noncey Savile if you insist. Goodbye cruel world, and stop using my name as rhyming slang. THE END I think you'll all agree those would be far more fitting words for Cumberbatch to announce to the nation. |
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Wiki : KerPlunk is a children's game first marketed by the Ideal Toy Company in 1967
You have some time-line issues there....otherwise....nice. |
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From car park tomb, for centuries long
I have at last arisen To be treated like a hero now Thanks, cultural relativism! |