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On 4th February 2013 the history of Leicester changed forever.

It was the day of the press conference which confirmed that the remains of a body found underneath a Leicester car park were those of King Richard III.

The discovery of the medieval English king who fought battle in vain in 1485 has become almost as memorable as the life of the man himself, with details such as his unlikely resting place - a car park in Leicester - capturing public imagination, and attracting the attention of a global audience.

Archaeologists from the University of Leicester were persuaded to excavate the car park following dogged research from Philippa Langley, along with colleagues in the Richard III Society.

Dr Turi King - now professor of public engagement and genetics at the university's department of genetics and genome biology - was one of the experts who worked on the excavation and then led the genetic and statistical analysis leading to the identification of the remains.

Turi tells Ben Jackson her memories of the day of that press conference with the world's media watching.

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