Video: Canada’s Michael Ibsen on his family link to Richard III
The London, Ont.-born cabinetmaker talks about creating the coffin that will be Richard III’s final resting place
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Richard III
Canada’s connection to King Richard III: The inside story
The king was identified by DNA from a Canadian who just built the regal coffin
Richard III: The parking lot king
DNA from Michael Ibsen, Richard III’s 17th-generation nephew from Canada, was used to confirm the identity of the 15-century monarch discovered in an English parking lot. Ibsen shares his incredible story and how he was given the honour of making the coffin for his royal ancestor. Read our full story on Canada’s connection to King Richard III.
Case closed: the skeleton really is Richard III
"The evidence is overwhelming that these are the remains," says the lead scientist
Leicester wins the battle over the bones of Richard III
A testy legal case over burying the last king slain in England
War of the Roses, part II
A renewed legal tussle over where to bury King Richard III’s remains
Distant relatives of Richard III want the king’s bones returned to York
15 ancestors threaten to take legal action if the royal remains stay in Leicester
Why we still care about Richard III
Josephine Tey’s 1951 detective novel ignited a fascination for the ‘poisonous bunch-back’d toad’