November
22
/ 2021
We’ve all heard the tale of the Princes in the Tower, the young sons of Edward IV who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the Tower of London in 1483, presumed murdered, only to be conveniently replaced on the throne by their uncle the Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III. It is widely presumed Richard ordered their deaths in July 1483 after a daring plot to rescue them failed. What is lesser known or emphasized is that there was another young blood prince in England who outranked Richard in the royal succession, and who was inexplicably allowed to live. He was even knighted upon Richard III’s ascension to the throne. This boy, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, was the
