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Scot behind hunt for Richard III speaks of joy at find

THE Edinburgh-based screenwriter who launched the search for the remains of King Richard III said she did not expect to make such a promising find.

Philippa Langley, secretary of the Scottish Richard III society, was one of the chief instigators of the archeological dig which has unearthed a skeleton with a metal arrow in its back, which it has been claimed could be the remains of the medieval monarch. The skeleton was exhumed from a car park behind council offices in Leicester last Tuesday during an archaeological dig by a team from the city's university and is now being subjected to laboratory analysis.

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