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A university academic is to receive "substantial damages" after a court ruling that the portrayal of him in a Steve Coogan film about the discovery of a Richard III's remains did have a defamatory meaning.

Richard Taylor sued the comedian, who wrote the film The Lost King, as well as production company Baby Cow, and Pathe Productions.

It was announced on Monday that Mr Taylor - who was unhappy about the way his character was portrayed - and the other parties had settled the claim.

After the settlement, Coogan said The Lost King - which told the story of the search for the Plantagenet monarch under a Leicester council car park in 2012 - was "the story I wanted to tell, and I am happy I did". As a result of the settlement, the film will now carry a message at the beginning, and the defamatory comments will not be repeated.

Richard Taylor has been speaking to 麻豆社 Leicester's Ady Dayman.