Battle Royal: Distant relatives launch High Court Battle over Richard III's remains
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Distant relatives of England's King Richard III are launching their High Court battle over where to rebury the 15th-century monarch's remains.
The remains of Richard -- who was killed in battle in 1485 -- were found in a Leicester parking lot.
The government has given Leicester Cathedral in central England permission to rebury the king, but his relatives want him buried in the northern England city of York.
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The relatives -- under the name the Plantagenet Alliance -- are bringing legal action that begins Thursday at the High Court against the government and the University of Leicester.
They claim that the government did not consult widely enough -- or consider the wishes of Richard or his descendant -- on where the monarch should be reburied.