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Under the title the Looking For Richard Project I put together a team which grew to include a distinguished list of experts in a variety of fields. Among its founder-members were historian Dr David Johnson and his artist wife, Wendy Johnson and, in 2011, on their returns to England, Dr John Ashdown-Hill and Annette Carson.
In 2012 she led the successful search to locate the grave of King Richard III through her Looking For Richard Project. Philippa conceived, facilitated and commissioned this unique historical investigation.
20 de nov. de 2023 · The Looking for Richard Project heralded a new era of evidence-based Richard III research and analysis. It was a major opportunity for the academic community and leading historians to...
- Philippa Langley
Her Looking For Richard Project marked the first-ever search for the grave of an anointed King of England, and was made into the award-winning TV documentary The King in the Car Park for Channel 4. The documentary became Channel 4’s highest rated specialist factual show in its thirty year history garnering a combined audience of over 6 million.
Informed by Dr John Ashdown-Hill’s sound knowledge of the Franciscans (Greyfriars) and their architecture, together with his discovery of Richard III’s mtDNA, the LOOKING FOR RICHARD PROJECT launched by Philippa Langley rested on solid foundations.
“In September 2010, the Looking For Richard Project commissioned the design of a tomb based upon Richard’s life and what was important and meaningful to him. Undertaken by a team of Ricardians, it has been welcomed by the Cathedral, Council and Richard III Society and will be revealed in the next few weeks.
1. What was the objective of the Looking For Richard Project? The objective and ethos of the Looking For Richard Project was to search for the remains of King Richard and, if found, to rebury his remains with the honour, dignity and respect he was denied in August 1485 after his death at the Battle of Bosworth.
