At the risk of going over old ground, I entirely agree with her conclusions.

Its all speculation, but most people don't realize there are others who could have done the dastardly deed!

 

 

 

I agree with Margaret Beaufort as having the princes done away with.....

I've always leaned towards the Duke Of Buckingham being one who ordered the murders. I think Sharon Penman got it right in The Sunne In Splendour, though one must always bear in mind that she was writing a historical novel, not a history book. Nevertheless I think she draws a logical and sustainable conclusion.

According to Alison Weir today is the most likely day for the murders of the Princes in the Tower; 3 September 1483.

Yes I read it and I agree with you, she is totally biased against Richard.  I do have very strong feelings about his guilt, but you are right, she takes whatever More says and implies it as fact.

I've not read this particular book, so I'd like to ask Mark why Weir thinks she can apply a specific calendar date to this?

She's working on the assumption the murderer was Sir James Tyrell acting under Richard's orders. It is known that Tyrell left York for London on 30 August to collect robes and wall-hangings for the investiture of Richard's son Edward as Prince of Wales, scheduled for 8 September in York. He probably took four days to complete the journey, arriving in London on 3 September. He would have to have left on the return journey the next day in order to be back in York by 8 September. Therefore the evening of 3 September is the most likely date. This is purely her own theory, if you reject Tyrell as the killer then it all falls apart.