It took 500 years, but Richard III is now getting a king's burial

King Richard III's coffin.
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King Richard III is receiving another chance at having a funeral worthy of a monarch.

The king was killed in battle in 1485, but no one knew where he was buried until archaeologists discovered his skeleton in Leicester, England, in 2012, underneath a parking lot on the former site of a church, The Washington Post reports. On Thursday, he will be re-interred during a service attended by members of the royal family, just a few steps away from where he was laid to rest more than 500 years ago. In the three days leading up to his reburial, Richard III's casket will lie inside Leicester Cathedral for public viewing.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.