THE eternal wrangle over the last resting place of Richard III remains, and will no doubt end up with an investigation by the cold-case detective squad, along with a sequel “Murder in the Tower” and London staking a claim! If only the ravens could talk.

However, on behalf of my late sister and myself, born of Lancastrian parents in York, a coalition of minds and the cultivation of a rose bush featuring the red and white rose, speaks volumes.

My family coat of arms displays a lion, rampant on a white tower with a motto in Latin “Speed and Wisdom”.

So in the event of another conflict on the medieval battle site of Bosworth field, a retreat may be in order as I have a conflict of interest.

When it comes to ashes, especially on the field of cricket, the war of the roses may decide any outcome.

as for Richards’s portrait, reminds me of my childhood, but my birth certificate says different.

Kenneth Bowker, Vesper Walk, Huntington, York