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It is perhaps one of the greatest murder mystery stories in British history - a young king and his brother simply vanish. The boys, now dubbed “the Princes in the Tower , were held in the Tower of London in 1483, but disappeared from public view, never to be seen again. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Richard III has long been held responsible for the murder of his nephews in a dispute about succession to the throne. But Richard’s defenders have pointed to a lack of hard evidence to connect the king to the disappearance of the princes - who were aged just 12 and nine when Richard took the throne in June 1483.

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