Keeping The Peasants In Their Place

[poliphilo]

If you want to be present at the re-interment of Richard III (I don't particularly) it'll cost you £2,500. Leicester cathedral denies that it's "cashing in".

The coffin will be attended by descendants of nobles who fought at Bosworth. I wonder if they'll be inviting the Stanleys?

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[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Got to keep the riffraff out.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Of course.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I don't know about the cathedral's invitation list, but I know that the Richard III Society's annual in memoriam notice was worded so as to honor the dead on both sides. The Stanleys, of course, didn't die at Bosworth...

As for the fee to attend, I don't believe I'm terribly fussed about that. The cathedral is working hard to create a number of very public events surrounding the re-interment, and as they rightly point out, they have no source of public funding to create a space to accommodate the influx of tourists.

I also believe they plan to live-stream the service itself for those who cannot attend in propria persona.

(Edited to add: I hold no animus toward the Stanleys. All they wanted to do was get by, and the brawling Plantagenets kept dragging them into their family quarrels.)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm glad they're live streaming it.

If I were running it, I'd have a guest list- the mayor, local MPs, people involved in the recovery and examination of the remains, representatives of the Richard III Society, a member of the current royal family and so on- and otherwise open it to the general public on a first come, first served basis.

As for money, I'd have a little faith. I think it'll show up. There's been so much publicity.

"Build it and they will come."

I believe the money will come anyway