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hat 'within a few days he withered and consumed away'.
Had a stroke, probably, Grant considered. And little wonder. To have stood up and told that tale to a London crowd must have taken some nerve.
Sir Thomas's account of the Princes in the Tower was the same as The Amazon's, but Sir Thomas's version was more detailed. Richard bad suggested to Robert Brackenbury, Constable of the Tower, that it might be a good thing if the Princes disappeared, but Brackenbury would have no part in such an act. Richard therefore waited until be was at Warwick, during his progress through England after his coronation and then sent Tyrrel to London with orders that be was to receive the keys of the Tower for one night. During that night two ruffians, Dighton and Forrest, one a groom and one a warder, smothered the two boys.
At this point The Midget came in with his lunch and removed the bock from his grasp; and while he forked the shepherd's pie from plate to mouth be considered': again the face of the mass in the dock. The faithful and patient small brother who had turned into a monster.
When The Midget came back for his tray he said: 'Did you know that Richard III was a very popular person in his day?