Shed No Tears

When King Edward IV died, he left his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to be the guardian of his two sons, Edward and Richard.

We have to wonder just why he did that, since Richard turned out to be a little unbalanced in his actions.

The first thing he did was to meet young Edward, now King Edward V, at Stony Stratford in Buckinghamshire, and take custody of him. Lord Rivers, the brother of the Queen, who had raised young Edward, protested and was arrested for high treason. Richard laid some claim that he had plotted against him.

It was a strange time and it seemed that Richard could not be trusted. Having brought the young King to London, he first settled him in the Archbishop's house, but not for long. He was swiftly moved to the Tower, for his own safety, and to be ready for his coronation.

It was the normal thing then for the monarch to spend the weeks leading up to the coronation in the royal apartments at the Tower, as it was then a royal palace as well as a prison.

The Queen must have been in fear for her children as she fled to Westminster Abbey where she claimed sanctuary.

Richard's next move was to demand that the Queen release her younger son, also called Richard, into his custody. He wants the younger Prince to have a part in his brother's coronation, or so he says.

We know what happened next; the two brothers were never seen again. Well, they were seen playing on the green outside the Tower, for a little while, then they vanished.

Lord Nicholas Rainham's friend, King Edward IV, has died and his twelve year old son is now King of England.

Nicholas is fond of the young princes and he thinks they must be safe with their uncle Richard as their guardian. If Edward didn't think he'd be safe, he would not have made him guardian.

But when Edward's friends start to be charged with treason and executed, Nicholas begins to wonder if he might be next.

Shed no Tears is just an idea of what might have happened to those princes. Click here to buy or borrow through Kindle Unlimited. 

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