The Interview: Richard Buckley, University of Leicester Archaeological Services

Richard Buckley is co-director of University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) and the lead archaeologist for the Richard III and Greyfriars project. The post-excavation research continues, and no doubt the media storm generated by the discovery and identification of England’s last Plantagenet king will also continue. Here, we give Richard Buckley the opportunity to reflect on these events, and also to tell us some more about the medieval religious house – the Franciscan house founded c1224–1230 – in which the discovery was made. The interview was conducted in December 2013, before the conclusion of the judicial review, which ruled in favour of Richard III’s reburial in Leicester.