By Wills Robinson A portrait of Richard III, whose remains will now be laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral following a High Court battle Richard III will finally be laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral after judges said it was time for the monarch to be given a 'dignified burial'. Distant relatives opposed plans to bury him in the city after his remains were discovered in a council car park in August 2012. They said he should be placed in York Minster because it was a wish of 'the last medieval king of England'. But the High Court told the claimaints, who are part of the Plantagenet Alliance, there was no reason to interfere with the initial plans.
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High Court judges said it is time for monarch to be given 'dignified burial'
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Plantagenet Alliance argued a public consultation should decide location
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Richard died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 during defeat by Henry VII
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His body was taken to Leicester and buried under what is now a car park
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Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said legal battle was a 'waste of money'
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