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Not to go full Cumberbitch, but I actually do think it’s cool that Benedict Cumberbatch came out for Richard III’s reburial/funeral thing. It would have been cool if he did it without any connection, and it’s more interesting that he did it given that he’s distantly related to Richard AND that Benedict plays Richard III in The Hollow Crown (which will air this year).

So, these are some photos of Benedict arriving at Leicester Cathedral for the service. Richard’s 530-year-old remains were discovered – underneath a parking lot – in 2012. The remains were studied, analyzed, etc, and now they are at rest again. According to People Magazine, Queen Elizabeth sent a message to be read aloud during the service, and the Countess of Wessex was in attendance as well.

Below, I’m including the video of Bendy reciting the poem “Richard” by Carol Ann Duffy, Britain’s poet laureate, at the funeral/reburial. HIS HAIR. He hasn’t quite got the hang of using product on short hair and it looks like a trendy mess. The poem is moving though. “My bones, scripted in light, upon cold soil, a human braille… my skull, scarred by a crown, emptied of history…”

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