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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Emmeline Saunders

'We've seen jail car park where missing English king may be buried – and have doubts'

Finding one king buried under a car park was astonishing enough, but it now appears another ­British monarch could be lying beneath the tarmac of a disused lot.

The historian who discovered Richard III’s remains at Leicester in 2012 believes she has pinpointed the final resting place of Henry I, who died in 1135 aged 66.

Philippa Langley claims her research has led her to a car park at the town’s now-closed jail. The site lies near the ruins of Reading Abbey, where Henry was buried at the high altar.

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