Thank you for readingpublished at 14:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
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Summary
Coverage of Richard III's reinterment at Leicester Cathedral
Updates from Thursday 26 March 2015
Thank you for readingpublished at 14:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
Time to say goodbyepublished at 13:56 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
Mathew Morris, the archaeologist who found Richard's skeleton said: "It's been a fantastic day. It is an odd moment to see the coffin lowered because that is it really.
Image source, PA"But after so much has happened it felt fitting and it felt right."
He ain't heavypublished at 13:49 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
King Richard III in Leicester tweets, external: The Bearer Party did an amazing job. Must have been nerve-wracking #richardreburied
Image source, KRIIIWhat did the king sound like?published at 13:41 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
We might have a good idea what Richard III looked like - albeit through the eyes of artists - but what did he sound like?
Image source, University of LeicesterLeicester academic Dr Philip Shaw had a stab at recording, external what he believes the king's accent was - revealing it may have had a West Midlands twang.
Tomb revealedpublished at 13:33 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
The cathedral is now closed to the public while work goes on to move his tomb into position.
Image source, van Heyningen and HawardOn Friday at 12:00, a Service of Reveal will unveil the monument to the public.
Then from 18:00 - 22:00, Leicester Glows, a free celebration, will be held around the cathedral, ending with fireworks.
Question mark kingpublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
It's all nearly over, but you've probably heard a lot about Richard III in the past few days/weeks/years.
Image source, Getty ImagesHow much has sunk in? Test your knowledge with this quiz.
Job done?published at 13:12 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
Philippa Langley, who begun the project which led to Richard III's skeleton being found, said she was satisfied.
Image source, Getty Images"Starting this, I wanted to give Richard the dignity he was robbed of originally and now I think 'Job done'.
"I think I have helped to make peace with part of our past."
Controversy!published at 13:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
Much was made on Twitter of the moment historian John Ashdown-Hill was caught rolling his eyes during Channel 4's coverage of the ceremony.
When asked about this afterwards by journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy, external he admitted to having some "objections".
He said: "I thought this was going to be a peaceful event but we seem to be dealing with some lies from Leicester."
Though he struggled with specifics, he did say he thought the order of service had got Richard's birth date wrong.
Post-ceremony analysispublished at 12:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
The University of Leicester tweets, external: 'I thought the service was really good' says @uniofleicester's Mathew Morris who found #RichardIII's leg bone
Poetry Plantagenetpublished at 12:46 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, said being asked to write for the reinterment was "a privilege".
Image source, PAShe described it as a "meditation on the impact of his finding and on the legacy of his story."
Reburied the rite waypublished at 12:43 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
With death in battle and dynastic one-upmanship, reburial was common in the 15th Century.
Richard's ceremony was influenced by a description of just such an event, found by Oxford academic Alexandra Buckle.
Cathedral officials said: "The shape of the services of the entire week would be recognisable to those who attended the ceremonies Richard III organised and frequented."
Benedict departspublished at 12:37 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
BBC Leicester tweets, external: Guests have departed the cathedral. #RichardReburied
Procession leavingpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
BBC Leicester tweets, external: The Clergy and guests are now departing @LeicsCathedral #richardreburied
Ending of the servicepublished at 12:24 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
A procession, known as a Recession, has formed to lead the clergy, royal guests and civic dignitaries from the building.
Meanwhile, outside...published at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
A measured tone inside the cathedral, but there's some full-on medieval-style enthusiasm going on in the square.
Image source, AFPNational Anthempublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
After a blessing from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the National Anthem is being sung.
Benedict Cumberbatchpublished at 12:19 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
The actor has read a specially-commissioned poem by Carol Ann Duffy, called Richard.
It included the lines: "My skull, scarred by a crown emptied of history
"Described by soul as incense, votive, vanishing, your own the same, grant me the carving of my name."
Image source, APThe Responsorypublished at 12:10 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
The Reverend Monsignor Thomas McGovern, Diocesan Administrator of the Catholic Diocese of Nottingham, has led The Responsory.
This is a call and response prayer asking for mercy on the soul of the departed and all of those who died in the Wars of the Roses.
Coffin is lowered into the gravepublished at 12:07 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
The six-strong bearer party has lowered the coffin into the grave.
The Archbishop of Canterbury says further prayers.
View from the Squarepublished at 12:03 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015
This photo by BBC East Midlands Today reporter Tom Brown shows the crowd gathered in Leicester's Jubilee Square, watching the service on the big screen.
