Researchers say that the older boy Edward may not have been murdered, but instead secretly allowed to live on his half-brother’s land under a false name.
📜They followed a trail of medieval documents to rural Devon, where royal Yorkist symbols are carved in the local church
👑Inside, an effigy of a mysterious man named ‘John Evans’ gazes directly at a stained glass window revealed to depict Edward V, the missing prince himself.
The research suggests that Edward V and John Evans were one and the same, and that he may have even left clues
➡️The Missing Princes Project has more than 100 lines of inquiry including the possible fate of the younger brother, Richard of Shrewsbury.
The team is led by Philippa Langley, who commissioned the dig that found the bones of Richard III under a Leicester car park in 2012
👤If Edward was indeed John Evans, then he kept quiet for years until around 1511, when he built his own chantry at the local St Matthew’s church.
Laden with symbolism and hidden meaning, it is here that the researchers claim Evans left multiple clues to his true identity
Only two other glass portraits of Edward are thought to exist, including one in the royal window of Canterbury Cathedral.
💬“Why is a royal portrait of Edward V in this rural church in the middle of nowhere? It simply doesn’t belong here. Evans appears to be sending a message”
✒️On the tomb itself, the name ‘John Evans’ is incorrectly spelt EVAS, with the last letter possibly broken off by vandals.
Researchers believe it may hold a hidden significance, with EV standing for ‘Edward V’ and AS perhaps referring to "asa", the Latin for “in sanctuary”
👑Below the inscription, a medieval scrawl appears to show the inverted word KING.
Nine carved lines beneath may symbolise 1509, the year that Henry VII died and Edward V could have reclaimed the throne if matters had been resolved
🗣️“Our findings already seem to point in one direction - that Richard III was innocent” said lead researcher John Dike.
🔴NEW: People testing positive for Covid - and their families - are still being told in NHS messages to self-isolate for 10 days, in apparent contravention of new guidance issued by ministers
⚠️People are still being warned that they must quarantine for the full period - even though the Government has said this can be cut to a week or less for most people, providing they self-test
On Tuesday, Conservative MPs and representatives of the hospitality industry reacted furiously to the approach adopted by officials.
🗣️One MP accused it of trying "to undermine ministers" with the guidance
At the beginning of the pandemic, medics were warned that learning disabilities “should never be a reason for issuing a DNACPR order “ and therefore if the decisions had been put in place it would have been a breach of their guidance.
“It is a disgusting question”, said Mrs Woollard, who attended a 'health check' with her son.
“The health assistant was following a form and she was very polite about it, but the question should not have appeared. It was very upsetting”.
Dr Jenny Harries, the chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, was accused of being the source of a contested claim by Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, that there is typically a 17-day lag between patients becoming infected and requiring hospitalisation
➡️However, independent experts pointed to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, which suggested an average delay of nine or 10 days
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