Love Phillipa. In her search for Richard III's body, she did magnificent research, which combined with some luck led to finding it literally with the first scoop of the dig. However she expressed an extreme hero-worship of Richard, to the point where she refused to believe the body was Richard because it had the twisted spine she'd thought had been made up by Richard's enemies. When I saw that she was investigating the disappearance of the princes Richard was accused of murdering, I knew exactly what her conclusion would be. And I was right. I found that all the evidence presented was based on what people said or was told by another. The receipt for weapons to supply a Prince's invasion was written by someone who was told who they were for. I noticed that most of the support for both of the princes retaking their throne was done in Ireland, a country that hated the British and resented the control Britain represented. Putting a puppet, easily controlled and grateful, on the British throne is all too easily believed. No one is going to go around saying the boy is a fraud when stirring up support, so most written evidence will be referring to him as a prince. As to their aunt, Margaret, the odds are good she never saw her nephews before Richard III came to the throne. Like Ireland, she would support anyone she could control and especially to get the hated Lancaster off the throne. The autobiography alleged to be written by Richard, Phillipa said it was too specific, that a fake would be too general. Sorry, Phillipa, many people are VERY good writers, then as now. That's not proof. Proof might be if you can find Perkin Warbeck or Simkin Lambert's grave and do DNA. Or the bodies found at the tower. We have Richard III's verified DNA.
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