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I have spent months working out the true story behind #TheLostKing. What was it that made a UK university cut loose the person who most deserved the credit for finding #RichardIII? Here is what I think happened. Thread.
2/n When the #UniversityofLeicester announced in Feb 2013 that they had the evidence to show they had found #RichardIII, they gave #PhilippaLangley the least possible credit. They put her last at their big press conference, after 13 speakers, long after the big announcement.
3/n Ather Mirza of the Uni's News Centre described the announcement like this “The gasps from journalists… were audible. Their cheers at the end of our presentation were spontaneous. The celebratory hugs from the academic panel were genuine.” tinyurl.com/4y3avufd p30
