With or without Angers petition, the Plantagenêt's fate still arouses popular interest in England

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If the Plantagenêt petition claiming compensation for the murder, in 1499, of Edward Plantagenet, legitimate pretendant to England's throne had bore the Angers public, the fate of that family still trigger interest on the other side of the Channel. The archeological diggings recently undertaken to find again the bones of Richard III, last Plantagenet king of England, catch the attention of English people. Nuemrous English and US medias, and among them, BBC News, ITV News, Huffington Post UK CBS News, Fox News, dedicated coverages to the issue. 

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Richard III was killed by his successor, Henry VII Tudor, at the battle of Bosworht field in 1485. It was said that his remains had been buried in the Greyfriars church, later desmolished by Henry VIII. The site is nowadays a car park but has kept the name of the church. The archelogogists have already uncovered medieval walls what could be those of the church where the king was buried. If remains are found, their DNA will be tested against living descendants of Richard III...

Finding Richard III's body is still a long shot but meanwhile, the excavation is an exciting find for English medias. The Plantagenet monarchy has died but its myth is still alive. That should help the Plantagenêt petitonners in their attempt to catch the interest of their UK cousins. They share the same passion.