‘ I’ve had nearly three days to think, and I still haven’t thought up a reason that will fit. Nothing will fit the facts except the conclusion that the boys were alive when Henry took over the Tower. It was a completely unscrupulous Act of Attainder; it accused Richard’s [Pg 107] followers—the loyal followers of an anointed King fighting against an invader—of treason. Every accusation that Henry could possibly make with any hope of getting away with it was put into that Bill. And the very worst he could accuse Richard of was the usual cruelty and tyranny. The boys aren’t even mentioned.’
‘ It’s fantastic’.
‘ It’s unbelievable. But it is fact.’
‘ What it means is that there was no contemporary accusation at all .’
‘ That’s about it.’
‘ But—
