In 2009 Leicester City Council, Leicester tourist marketing, the University of Leicester, Leicester Cathedral, a TV Productions company and the Richard III Society launched a project to search for Richard's remains. However, one of the sponsors pulled out endangering the project. How much money were they short of?

Archaeological excavations began at the site on 25th August 2012, although those leading the project were pessimistic about the chances of success. What is one of the team, Richard Buckley, quoted as saying?

Shortly after digging began, the archaeologists uncovered two leg bones. On which day of the dig was this discovery made?

During the next few days archaeologists found the remains of medieval walls. From these they could find out the location of the church and where the bones lay in comparison to the building. Where did the bones turn out to be?

On 31st August, the team asked for a licence allowing them to remove six sets of human remains. They planned only to exhume the bodies of who?

In early September of 2012 the body found by archaeologists was exhumed and was found to be missing which feature?

On 12th September it was announced that the body could be that of Richard III. It belonged to an adult male and was found in the part of the church where Richard was said to have been buried. What other factor supported the theory that the body was that of Richard III?

In an attempt to confirm whether or not the body was Richard's, the DNA in the bones was compared to that of Michael Ibsen, a living relative. What relation is Michael Ibsen to Richard III?

The bones showed signs of several serious injuries. How many fatal wounds were found on the skull?

The wounds found on the body match a description of Richard's death by a Welsh poet of the time, Guto'r Glyn. In it Glyn says that Richard's killer did what?