King Richard III's remains important to some, but eye-roll inducing to others

Written By Unknown on Wednesday, 6 February 2013 | 14:14

Officials in Leicester contend a monarch, who was unceremoniously buried but a coffin 528 years ago, will be re-interred with majestic grace in a city's cathedral.

"The preference has already been made," pronounced Leicester Mayor Peter Soulsby. "All a permissions have been postulated and a several authorities concerned have concluded that a burial will take place in Leicester."

Not so fast, says York, a city 100 miles (160 kilometers) to a north that claims a late sovereign as a own.

"Every cab motorist we speak to, each shopkeeper we speak to, they are really vehement about it — they wish Richard behind in York," pronounced Michael Ormrod, highbrow of Gothic story during the

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