King Richard III laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral

He was the last British king to die in battle and now, his bones finally have found peace.

King Richard III was laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral Thursday in a service presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby.

BBC News reports the king's remains were found beneath a Leicester car park in 2012. The king was killed at the Bosworth Field in 1485, at the end of the Wars of the Roses.

"From car park to cathedral... Today we come to give this king, and these mortal remains, the dignity and honor denied to them in death,” said Rt Rev Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester, during the service.

Immortalized as one of William Shakespeare’s kings — with the likes of the often talked about Henry VIII – the play barring his name is a historical tragedy depicting his short reign, but the second longest in canon, following “Hamlet.” It gave pop culture such phrases as “my kingdom for a horse,” and “now is the winter or our discontent.”

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, found to be a distant cousin of the king, read a poem by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy during the ceremony.

Sophie, Countess of Wessex and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester also were among the guests.

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