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Thousands gather for reburial of Richard III at Leicester Cathedral

Thousands of people have watched the reburying of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral, as a remarkable week of commemorative events nears its end.

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Report: King Richard III reburied at Leicester Cathedral

There has been huge interest in King Richard III ever since his remains were found under a car park in Leicester more than two years ago.

For centuries Richard has been a controversial king. Even now the official website of the British monarchy says he wrongly took the crown from his young nephew who then vanished.

Today members of the Royal Family and a Hollywood A-lister attended a reinterment service for the last English king to die in battle. Callum Watkinson reports on the re-burial of a medieval monarch.

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