The Little Princes

"The Princes in the Tower," by Samuel Cousins

They were held in the Tower of London and then smothered with a pillow. That's the story we've always heard about the princes 12-year-old Edward V and his little brother, 9-year-old Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. But that may not be what happened at all, contends historian and screenwriter Philippa Langley, and she's committed to unraveling the true story. “I have three key lines of investigation–two that have never been investigated before,” she said. “There are a couple of European lines of inquiry that are looking very interesting." She doubts the usually accepted tale that Richard III (whose remains were found a few years ago under a parking lot: http://somanyinterestingthings.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-lot-over-kings-head.html and http://somanyinterestingthings.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-head-that-wore-crown.html) had the boys killed so that he could become king, saying that his motive would have been shaky and the evidence is only circumstantial (story, slideshow): http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-princes-in-the-tower-will-the-ultimate-cold-case-finally-be-solved-after-more-than-500-years-10466190.html