A Horse, a horse, my Kingdom for a Horse

I doubt very much if King Richard or any of his relatives will be bothered where his bones end up, on account of all being too preoccupied with the important job of being slightly deceased by now.

 

Yes, but, all that "unknown filth" was at least passed as fit for human consumption. Can't remember the name of the drug off the top of my head but there is a drug that horses may be injected with which would contaminate their flesh as unfit. So, a potential knock-on affect on people's health?

If unscrupulous means were employed to add horse flesh in the first instance, then it might be fair to assume that who ever is behind it wasn't double checking the horses medical history.

 

But, it is proven he had more right to the throne than his brother Edward (who was illegitimate) and it is from Edward's bloodline that the subsequent royals came from. However, Richard only had illegitimate sons to succeed him anyway. But, doesn't detract from the fact he had more right to the monarchy.

 

True, it is all a question of perspective.

As for "rights" being established via the sword, knife in the back and spilling of blood, as a metaphor, that still holds true today in a number of areas of life.

I say: let the guy finally rest and let him have a bit of dignity; if not for his royalty, then for simply human compassion.