Richard III

So it's been confirmed that the skeleton discovered last year in Leicester is that of King Richard (a Catholic monarch).

A petition is in place calling for him to be buried in a Catholic burial ground rather than Leicester's Anglican Cathedral.

I'd be perfectly happy if His Late Majesty were to be buried in Leicester Cathedral or Westminster Abbey both of which were built as Catholic places of worship. What is more important is that he is buried according to the rites and ceremonies of the Catholic Church by a Catholic priest.

Could this be the first Catholic 'state' funeral for a very long time? A requiem mass in Westminster Abbey celebrated by the Cardinal with the assistance of the entire episcopate and in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen perhaps.