A mystery replaces another. If the DNA analysis of a skeleton found in an English park has allowed geneticists to authenticate the remains of Richard III, science has also unearthed another puzzle. It has indeed revealed infidelity likely to cast doubt on the parentage of some British monarchs.
"We found a break in the chain" gene, said Tuesday at a press conference in London Kevin Schurer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester, the city where were discovered the bones of Richard III in 2012 .dropoff window
By "rupture" is meant visiting the family tree of an illegitimate child. "We do not know at what level the break is ... and we're certainly not suggesting that his Majesty (Queen Elizabeth II) should not be on the throne" was quick to add Mr. Schurer, emphasizing "twists and turns" in the history of the British monarchy.
The legitimacy of the Tudors questioned
Its purpose had accompanied the publication in Nature magazine a report certifying 99.9% lifting the mystery of the disappearance of the remains of the last king of England, died without leaving an heir at the Battle of Bosworth, in 1485.
The DNA of the skeleton is that of two descendants alive today his sister, Anne of York. However, it was impossible to establish filiation through the male line dating back to John Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and brother of the great-grandfather of Richard III.
Hence the suspicion of adultery.
Kevin Schurer believes that "rupture" of detected DNA leads to questions about the legitimacy of Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and "all the Tudor dynasty", beginning with Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
After a long dispute over the choice of his last home, Richard III will finally rest in peace next spring in Leicester Cathedral. Besides a bloodthirsty tyrant reputation immortalized by William Shakespeare, he has left a final mystery in the UK.
(With AFP)
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