Epetition - Richard III

[lexin]

I draw to your hopeful attention an epetition asking the government to lay Richard III (newly discovered under a car park etc, etc) to rest in York Minster, rather than in Leicester.

I view York as a far more fitting place for him than Leicester, with which place he had little to do in life.

Comments

[coughingbear]

I do sympathise with the idea that York's more suitable, but it seems a little harsh on Leicester, which is perhaps not as well-endowed with landmarks and attractions as York. And he has been there all this time.

[snakeling]

Can't sign, alas, as I'm neither a resident nor a citizen :/

I do wish to know, though, why there are talks of having him buried in the rites of the CoE, which was founded after his death by the son of the man who killed him. The man was a devout Catholic, it goes without saying that the burial mass should be Catholic. (I have no particular objection to the place itself being CoE, though I'd be hard-pressed to explain the double standard.)