PHILIPPA LANGLEY MBE is an historian and award-winning producer, best known for her discovery of Richard III in 2012. She is co-author of the bestselling The Lost King with Michael Jones and Finding Richard III, the official account of her Looking For Richard Project. On the ten-year anniversary of discovering Richard III, her extraordinary story was released as the feature film, The Lost King, directed by Sir Stephen Frears and starring Sally Hawkins.

• TitleCopyrightContentsForeword by Nathalie Nijman-BliekendaalPrefaceFamily TreesMapsIntroduction: The InspirationPart 1 1 The Missing Princes Project: A Cold-Case Investigation2 The Missing Princes: Edward V and Richard, Duke of York3 1483: Two Weeks, One Summer4 The Disappearance: A Timeline Part 2 5 The Sources: Missing, Murdered, Maintained6 The Suspects: Means, Motive, Opportunity, Proclivity to Kill7 Richard III: King by Right – The Evidence8 Sir James Tyrell’s Confession: Fact or Fiction? Part 3 9 Windsor Coffins and a Westminster Urn10 To Kill a King: The Aftermath of Bosworth11 In Living Memory: The Mortimer Heirs – A Blueprint Part 4 12 Edward V: Proof of Life by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Philippa Langley13 The Yorkist Invasion of 1487: Edward V and the Second Fleet by Zoë Maula, Dutch Research Group14 Richard, Duke of York: Proof of Life by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Philippa Langley15 The Journey of the White Rose to the Island of Texel, April–July 1495 by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Jean Roefstra Part 5 16 The Family of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York17 Case Connections18 Avenues for Exploration19 Summary and Conclusion20 Postscript21 Epilogue Appendix 1 King Richard’s Oath and Promise: Westminster, 1 March 1484 (Modernised)Appendix 2 Edward V: Proof of Life, 16 December 1487Appendix 3 An Ideal Place to Hide a Prince by John Dike, Lead Researcher, Coldridge Line of InvestigationAppendix 4 The Dendermonde Letters, 25 August 1493Appendix 5 Richard, Duke of York: Proof of Life, c. 1493Appendix 6 Richard of England: Dresden MS, Signature and Royal Seal, 4 October 1493Appendix 7 Trois Enseignes Naturelz, 27 November–12 December 1493 by Zoë Maula, Dutch Research GroupAppendix 8 Maximilian I: Legal Supplication to Pope Alexander VI on Behalf of Richard, Duke of York, 22 September 1495 (Modernised)Appendix 9 Richard IV’s Proclamation, September 1496 (Modernised)Appendix 10 Maat, and Black & Hackman Reports: ‘Bones in the Urn’, 14 June 2018, 11 November 2021TimelinesAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyContributorsAcknowledgementsAbout the Author

‘The discoveries in this book shed new light on events surrounding the Princes in the Tower. Rather than favour Tudor propaganda or Victorian revisionism, this asks us to go back to the time and scrutinise evidence with fresh eyes.’

PHILIPPA LANGLEY MBE is an historian and award-winning producer, best known for her discovery of Richard III in 2012. She is co-author of the bestselling The Lost King with Michael Jones and Finding Richard III, the official account of her Looking For Richard Project. On the ten-year anniversary of discovering Richard III, her extraordinary story was released as the feature film, The Lost King, directed by Sir Stephen Frears and starring Sally Hawkins.

• TitleCopyrightContentsForeword by Nathalie Nijman-BliekendaalPrefaceFamily TreesMapsIntroduction: The InspirationPart 1 1 The Missing Princes Project: A Cold-Case Investigation2 The Missing Princes: Edward V and Richard, Duke of York3 1483: Two Weeks, One Summer4 The Disappearance: A Timeline Part 2 5 The Sources: Missing, Murdered, Maintained6 The Suspects: Means, Motive, Opportunity, Proclivity to Kill7 Richard III: King by Right – The Evidence8 Sir James Tyrell’s Confession: Fact or Fiction? Part 3 9 Windsor Coffins and a Westminster Urn10 To Kill a King: The Aftermath of Bosworth11 In Living Memory: The Mortimer Heirs – A Blueprint Part 4 12 Edward V: Proof of Life by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Philippa Langley13 The Yorkist Invasion of 1487: Edward V and the Second Fleet by Zoë Maula, Dutch Research Group14 Richard, Duke of York: Proof of Life by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Philippa Langley15 The Journey of the White Rose to the Island of Texel, April–July 1495 by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Jean Roefstra Part 5 16 The Family of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York17 Case Connections18 Avenues for Exploration19 Summary and Conclusion20 Postscript21 Epilogue Appendix 1 King Richard’s Oath and Promise: Westminster, 1 March 1484 (Modernised)Appendix 2 Edward V: Proof of Life, 16 December 1487Appendix 3 An Ideal Place to Hide a Prince by John Dike, Lead Researcher, Coldridge Line of InvestigationAppendix 4 The Dendermonde Letters, 25 August 1493Appendix 5 Richard, Duke of York: Proof of Life, c. 1493Appendix 6 Richard of England: Dresden MS, Signature and Royal Seal, 4 October 1493Appendix 7 Trois Enseignes Naturelz, 27 November–12 December 1493 by Zoë Maula, Dutch Research GroupAppendix 8 Maximilian I: Legal Supplication to Pope Alexander VI on Behalf of Richard, Duke of York, 22 September 1495 (Modernised)Appendix 9 Richard IV’s Proclamation, September 1496 (Modernised)Appendix 10 Maat, and Black & Hackman Reports: ‘Bones in the Urn’, 14 June 2018, 11 November 2021TimelinesAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyContributorsAcknowledgementsAbout the Author

‘The discoveries in this book shed new light on events surrounding the Princes in the Tower. Rather than favour Tudor propaganda or Victorian revisionism, this asks us to go back to the time and scrutinise evidence with fresh eyes.’

PHILIPPA LANGLEY MBE is an historian and award-winning producer, best known for her discovery of Richard III in 2012. She is co-author of the bestselling The Lost King with Michael Jones and Finding Richard III, the official account of her Looking For Richard Project. On the ten-year anniversary of discovering Richard III, her extraordinary story was released as the feature film, The Lost King, directed by Sir Stephen Frears and starring Sally Hawkins.

• TitleCopyrightContentsForeword by Nathalie Nijman-BliekendaalPrefaceFamily TreesMapsIntroduction: The InspirationPart 1 1 The Missing Princes Project: A Cold-Case Investigation2 The Missing Princes: Edward V and Richard, Duke of York3 1483: Two Weeks, One Summer4 The Disappearance: A Timeline Part 2 5 The Sources: Missing, Murdered, Maintained6 The Suspects: Means, Motive, Opportunity, Proclivity to Kill7 Richard III: King by Right – The Evidence8 Sir James Tyrell’s Confession: Fact or Fiction? Part 3 9 Windsor Coffins and a Westminster Urn10 To Kill a King: The Aftermath of Bosworth11 In Living Memory: The Mortimer Heirs – A Blueprint Part 4 12 Edward V: Proof of Life by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Philippa Langley13 The Yorkist Invasion of 1487: Edward V and the Second Fleet by Zoë Maula, Dutch Research Group14 Richard, Duke of York: Proof of Life by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Philippa Langley15 The Journey of the White Rose to the Island of Texel, April–July 1495 by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Jean Roefstra Part 5 16 The Family of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York17 Case Connections18 Avenues for Exploration19 Summary and Conclusion20 Postscript21 Epilogue Appendix 1 King Richard’s Oath and Promise: Westminster, 1 March 1484 (Modernised)Appendix 2 Edward V: Proof of Life, 16 December 1487Appendix 3 An Ideal Place to Hide a Prince by John Dike, Lead Researcher, Coldridge Line of InvestigationAppendix 4 The Dendermonde Letters, 25 August 1493Appendix 5 Richard, Duke of York: Proof of Life, c. 1493Appendix 6 Richard of England: Dresden MS, Signature and Royal Seal, 4 October 1493Appendix 7 Trois Enseignes Naturelz, 27 November–12 December 1493 by Zoë Maula, Dutch Research GroupAppendix 8 Maximilian I: Legal Supplication to Pope Alexander VI on Behalf of Richard, Duke of York, 22 September 1495 (Modernised)Appendix 9 Richard IV’s Proclamation, September 1496 (Modernised)Appendix 10 Maat, and Black & Hackman Reports: ‘Bones in the Urn’, 14 June 2018, 11 November 2021TimelinesAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyContributorsAcknowledgementsAbout the Author

‘The discoveries in this book shed new light on events surrounding the Princes in the Tower. Rather than favour Tudor propaganda or Victorian revisionism, this asks us to go back to the time and scrutinise evidence with fresh eyes.’