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This image, dating to around 1899, shows The Princes in the Tower. The princes were Edward V and his brother Richard Duke of York, the sons of Edward IV and his Queen, Elizabeth Woodville. Their uncle, Richard of Gloucester, later Richard III, came after them in the succession. Sir Thomas More believed that the boys were murdered by their uncle (probably around 1483). Shakespeare portrayed Richard III as the murderous uncle. More wrote that the princes were buried "at the stair-foot, meetly deep." However, Henry Tudor (Henry VII) also had much to gain and some believe he had the princes murdered. In 1674, two skeletons were found buried beneath a stone staircase during alterations at the Tower. No conclusive proof yet that the skeletons were those of the princes. (Photo by: Ivy Close Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)