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The Plantagenet Alliance: Who do they think they are?

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The Plantagenet Alliance: Who do they think they are?

Post by Rowan » Mon September 16th, 2013, 1:36 pm

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."

This quote - often attributed to Gandhi but more likely to have come from a 1914 report to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America - has provided encouragement to many a beleaguered campaigner.

The Plantagenet Alliance, who have crashed Leicester's Richard III party by securing a judicial review of where he should be reinterred, can claim to have fulfilled the first three parts.

But exactly who are the group? Do they have a case? And what happens if they actually win?

"Who do we think we are?", says Vanessa Roe, the group's spokesperson. "We don't think we are anyone - we know who we are.
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This quote - often attributed to Gandhi but more likely to have come from a 1914 report to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America - has provided encouragement to many a beleaguered campaigner.

The Plantagenet Alliance, who have crashed Leicester's Richard III party by securing a judicial review of where he should be reinterred, can claim to have fulfilled the first three parts.

But exactly who are the group? Do they have a case? And what happens if they actually win?

"Who do we think we are?", says Vanessa Roe, the group's spokesperson. "We don't think we are anyone - we know who we are.]Full story[/url]

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Post by DianeL » Tue September 17th, 2013, 10:58 pm

Shucks! I can't open the link. :(
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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Wed September 18th, 2013, 6:00 pm

[quote=""DianeL""]Shucks! I can't open the link. :( [/quote]

Me neither.

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Post by annis » Sun September 22nd, 2013, 9:01 pm

I couldn't open Rowan's link either, but here's the story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-le ... e-23929989

Yes, there was always going to be a bitter battle to gain the lucrative visiting rights to RIII's remains! Definitely shades of the devious tactics by religious institiutions which went on in the Middle Ages to secure the pilgrim trade by having possession of the most popular saintly relics :)
Last edited by annis on Mon September 23rd, 2013, 4:02 am, edited 3 times in total.

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