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Archaeologists from the University of Leicester uncover remains that could be those of England's 15th century King Richard III.

It seems a most unlikely resting place for a King of England.

Buried under a car park behind a block of council offices, the skeletal remains of a man were discovered in the British city of Leicester this week, with a metal arrow lodged in its back and wrapped simply in a shroud.

And a Canadian-born furniture maker could help prove what archaeologists are hoping is true - that this is the lost skeleton of King Richard III.

Heir in there? ... Canadian furniture maker Michael Ibsen takes a DNA test at the site of the archaeological discovery. Photo: ITV screengrab

For the past decade, University of Leicester archaeologists, dubbed the Time Tomb Team, have been leading a search for the lost grave of the much-maligned king.

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Richard III, who had a reputation as a murderous "hunchback" in medieval times, was killed in one of the most important clashes in English history, the Battle Of Bosworth, in 1485.

What is known is that his body was stripped and brought to Leicester, where he was buried in the church of the Franciscan Friary, known as the Grey Friars.

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