The Princes of York were two little boys named Edward and Richard. Edward V was age 12 and Richard was 9. They were supposed to take the throne after their father Edward IV passed. They disappeared one day and nobody could find them. Their disappearance has always been a mystery to everyone. Edward IV had five children 2 boys and 3 girls. Edward and Richard were too young to rule the throne. They needed someone to take thrown in his place. The first people in line to take the throne would be his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Queen Elizabeth. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was Edward 1V’s younger brother. Edward 1V announced (on his death bed) that his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was to be the Lord Protector until Edward, …show more content…
The suspect list is rather small. Even though murder is still an assumption. Richard III was a wicked uncle who wanted badly to be king. It was believed that Richard III was the only person to have a key to the tower. Moreover, the Constable of London could demand entrance at any time. That was Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, who raised a Lancastrian rebellion against Richard III later in the year (Harrington, “Why Richard III May Not Have Killed the Princes in the Tower”). Richard would do anything to get rid of the princes so he could become heir to the throne since, he was the next closet to inheriting the throne. Richard also had a lot to lose if people found out he was the one to murder the princes. Would Richard risk that? Richard III is thought of as an ideal knight by many people (Ross, The princes in the tower). Henry VII also wanted to be king. The only way Henry VII could become king was for the princes to disappear. Henry was third in line to claim heir to the throne. It’s possible that Henry VII murdered the princes Edward and Richard. There is no proof that Henry VII had anything to do with the disappearance of the Edward and Richard. If Richard had murdered them, why didn’t he just say that illness had killed the boys and showed their