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Visit Richard III’s grave site and the multi-award-winning exhibition about his life, death and the most incredible archaeological detective story ever told… www.kriii.com
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Jun 6
We’re still buzzing from our Silver Award win at the Visit England Awards for Excellence, read about what it means to us.

Big congratulations to :
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🍻 The Griffin Inn Swithland

A true tourism hat-trick for our region!
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A Voice for King Richard III
29th November at 2pm GMT

Tickets Now Available only £7 Book Now

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History reimagined. The facial avatar of King Richard III speaking in the authentic pronunciation of his time.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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‘Lies now even in the centre of this isle,
Near to the town of Leicester’ ~ Richard III (Richmond (Henry VII), Act 5, Scene 2)

#ShakespeareSunday
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September 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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‘We will unite the white rose and the red’ ~ Richard III (Richmond (Henry VII), Act 5, Scene 5)

#ShakespeareSunday
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September 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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‘Thy school-days frightful, desperate, wild, and furious,
Thy prime of manhood daring, bold, and venturous,’ ~ Richard III (Duchess of York, Act 4, Scene 4)

-#ShakespeareSunday
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August 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 540th Anniversary

👑⚔️ #RichardIII, King of England (1483-85), was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field, aged 32, #OTD 22 August 1485.

It was the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudors.

🎟 Visit the superb @kriiicentre.bsky.social in #Leicester to learn more.
August 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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24th August 2012 - the ‘Looking for Richard’ project starts on site, after receiving significant financial support from members of the Richard III Society from across the globe, in response to a plea from Philippa Langley for help
August 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Richard III Sculpture Trail www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sculptures to tell tales of Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth
The Bosworth 1485 Trail launches this weekend, telling lesser known stories of the king's last battle.
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August 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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‘Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass,
That I may see my shadow as I pass.’ ~ Richard III (Richard III (Duke of Gloucester, Act 1, Scene 2)

#ShakespeareSunday

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August 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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“We will unite the white rose and the red” - Richard III (Richmond (Henry VII) Act 5, Scene 5)

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August 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Woe to the land that's govern'd by a child!

Richard III
Act II Scene 3
#ShakespeareSunday
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August 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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“We will unite the white rose and the red” - Richard III (Act 5, Scene 5) #ShakespeareSunday  @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
Theme: Richard III and Henry VII
August 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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💜🕊️💜"True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings."

⚜️Richard III
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August 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Dispute not with her, she is lunatic.

Richard III (1,3)
#ShakespeareSunday
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August 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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To leave this keen encounter of our whits and fall something into a slower method

(Richard III: act 1, scene 2)
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August 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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But I - that am not shap'd for sportive tricks,
Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass -

Richard III [I, 1] #ShakespeareSunday
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August 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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"Good lords, conduct him to his regiment..."
Richard III A5 S3
#ShakespeareSunday #Sharpe
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August 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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With the anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth on the horizon, I thought it would be fun to mark the occasion with this weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme: Richard III and Henry VII!
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August 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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"I am too childish-foolish for this world."

Richard III
Act 1, Scene 3
#ShakespeareSunday
Theme: Richard III & Henry VII
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August 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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"O, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!" ~ Henry VI, Part III (Act 5, Scene 6) #RichardIII #KRIII
#ShakespeareSunday
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August 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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"A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!"

-William #Shakespeare, "Richard III", V.iv (Richard's last lines)
#ShakespeareSunday (theme: Richard III and Henry VII)
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August 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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‘Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York’ ~ Richard III (Richard III (Duke of Gloucester), Act 1, Scene 1)

#ShakespeareSunday
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August 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: Richard III and Henry VII
August 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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The boss @kaiserphilhelm.bsky.social at our wonderfully new sister site @jewrywallroman.bsky.social they sell a fantastic value joint ticket for us both, we will too, soon, we’ve had a technical issue that has prevented our joint ticket offer being available for the last two weeks🤷‍♀️
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Fabulous photograph caught by The Leicester Gazette
of me following in the footsteps of giants at @jewrywallroman.bsky.social Museum in the Immersive Hall
August 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Jewry Wall: A real Roman experience, reopened exactly 11 years after the King Richard III Visitor Centre, July 26, 2014. Less than two years after the discovery of King Richard III's remains in a nearby car park in Leicester. Buy a joint ticket at www.jewrywall.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Apologies we are Cash Only today - 20th July 2025
July 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM