Nearly 200 years later, in 1674, King Charles II ordered the demolition of what remained of the royal palace to the south of the White Tower. ![]() Eventually, Warbeck was sent to the tower and executed for treason. Warbeck traveled all over Europe and in 1490 declared he was Richard IV. Perkin Warbeck pretended to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, and claimed that he had been hidden away and survived the murder. Henry married Elizabeth of York the sister of the two princes. Tudor then became King Henry VII and re-opened investigations into the deaths of the princes. ![]() In 1485, Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. The disappearance of the two princes made Richard III very unpopular with the people of England and this led to his downfall. On 6 July 1483, the princes’ uncle was crowned King of England. With the princes’ claim to the throne discredited, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, became next in line as his other brothers, Edmund, Earl of Rutland, and George, Duke of Clarence, had both died. This made his marriage to Elizabeth invalid. In June 1483, Parliament declared the two princes illegitimate on the grounds that their father Edward IV had contracted to marry Lady Eleanor Butler before he married Elizabeth Woodville. ![]() Their disappearance has been shrouded in mystery for centuries – was it murder? Or did they die from natural causes? Edward V, age 12, and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, were sent to the Tower of London under orders of their uncle, King Richard III.
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