THE rediscovered remains of Richard III will be re-interred in Leicester next week with full pomp and ceremony – but the city that claims him as its own will also be marking the occasion.
Descendants of the medieval monarch last year lost their case to have the burial held in York but the city is still planning to honour the occasion.
And echoing the ceremonies in Leicester on March 26, the king and his close connections to York and Yorkshire will be remembered and celebrated by spiritual and secular events.
A Solemn Choral Evensong will be held to commemorate him at York Minster, starting at 5.15pm. All are welcome.
Following the service, at 6.20pm, from the Minster’s South Door, a procession led by the civic party and senior clergy will walk across the piazza, along Stonegate to St Helen’s Square and end outside the Mansion House
And from the Mansion House steps, the Lord Mayor, Ian Gillies will address the procession which will then disperse
The Very Reverend Dean Vivienne Faull of York Minster said: “On the evening of the re-interment of King Richard III it is right that the people of York and Yorkshire will have the opportunity to gather in the Minster to pray and to remember the death of the King at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
“The service will include a prayer composed by the Dean of Leicester. I am glad the cathedrals of both York and Leicester will take the opportunity of the re-interment to give thanks for the peace of our realm and to pray for reconciliation for those who are caught up in conflict in our own day.”
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