In April, 1483, King Edward IV suddenly passed away. The king has two sons, Edward, aged 12 and Richard, aged 9. Before King Edward had passed away, he had made his “dependable” younger brother Richard III, the protector of the two princes. Richard had claimed that the two boys were illegitimate for a king. This seemingly meant that that Richard would run the country until his older nephew, Edward, was old enough to rule England. One day, the two princes, Edward and Richard, disappeared from the Tower of London. This happened shortly after their father’s death and towards the end of the War of the Roses. There have been many theories on who killed the two princes, including ones that state that Henry Tudor murdered the two boys as they were …show more content…
The theories say that Richard ordered his servant, James Tyrell, to kill the princes, others say that Richard himself had killed the princes’. Richards family loyalty was a clever disguise; he was simply waiting for the right moment to strike. After June 1483, all of Prince Edward’s servants were kept from him. The two brothers then began to get taken further into the Tower. They were then seen less and less, behind bars and windows. Until one day they were no longer seen at all. This was all happening while Richard III was the protector of the boys. Some sources say that the two princes’ were seen shooting arrows and playing in the garden of the tower at various times. After the boys had disappeared, there were whispers going around that Richard has put the princes to death- but there were many opinions about how the boys died. Some say they were drowned in wine and others saying they were poisoned. Sir Thomas More said that “ Richard ordered James Tyrell to kill the princes” as he believed he would not be accepted as king until the princes’ were dead. As well as the fact that bones were discovered in a wooden chest About 3 metres underground near some stairs in the Tower of London. Although murdering the princes’ would be terrible for Richard's reputation, perhaps he just panicked as the princes could lead rebellions against