Editing Edward V (section)

===Missing Princes Project===
In 2022, [[Philippa Langley]] led "The Missing Princes Project" to discover the fate of the [[Princes in the Tower]].<ref>{{cite web | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/29/historys-greatest-whodunnit-would-ruined-solved/ |first=Daisy |last=Dunne |date=29 December 2021 | accessdate=23 January 2023 | title=History's greatest whodunnit would be ruined if we solved it, Philippa Langley team findings |quote=A team led by Philippa Langley, who found the skeleton of King Richard III under a car park in 2012, have uncovered what they believe to be clues to the survival of Edward V in the Devon village of Coldridge....}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=The Past | url=https://the-past.com/comment/what-really-happened-to-the-princes-in-the-tower/ |title=From the Princes in the Tower to Northumbria's Golden Age | first=Chris | last=Catling | date=22 November 2022 | accessdate=20 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.revealingrichardiii.com/langley.html |title=Missing Princes Project |accessdate=20 January 2023|publisher=Philippa Langley|date=2021}}</ref> The project began in 2015, following the reburial of Richard III in Leicester and was formally launched in July the following year.<ref>{{cite book |last=Langley |first=Philippa |year=2023 |title=The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case |location=Cheltenham |publisher=The History Press |isbn=9781803995410 |page=26 }}</ref> In 2023 she claimed to have discovered new evidence that disproved the theory that Richard III was responsible for the deaths of the princes. Along with [[Rob Rinder]], she hosted a [[Channel 4]] programme called ''Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence'', in which she revealed her own theories and new archival discoveries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/historian-says-richard-iii-not-8914515|title=Historian says Richard III did not kill Princes in the Tower in 'landmark' Channel 4 show|date=17 November 2023|author=Lee Garrett|website=Leicester Mercury|access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref><ref>The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence Channel 4 Saturday 18 November. Retrieved 20 May 2024. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-princes-in-the-tower-the-new-evidence  The Princes in the Tower PBS 22 November 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2024.  https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/preview-the-princes-in-the-tower-ybnnnv/7943/ </ref> Although praising Langley's discoveries, ''The Spectator'''s reviewer called the programme "a calculated insult to the viewer";<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-calculated-insult-to-the-viewer-channel-4s-the-princes-in-the-tower-the-new-evidence-reviewed/|title=A calculated insult to the viewer: Channel 4's The Princes in the Tower – The New Evidence reviewed|author=James Delingpole|website=The Spectator|date=22 November 2023 |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> ''The Times'' called it "compelling" and awarded the documentary its "Critics Choice."<ref>The Times, Review, Saturday 18 November 2023, p.20. Image only, see: [WIKI LANGLEY PRINCES DOC_ THETIMES CRITICS CHOICE_18 NOV 2023.jpg]</ref> The programme achieved a large audience<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence |url=https://www.brinkworth.tv/shows/the-princes-in-the-tower-the-new-evidence/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420170709/https://www.brinkworth.tv/shows/the-princes-in-the-tower-the-new-evidence/ |archive-date=20 April 2024 |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=Brinkworth Productions}}</ref> with Richard III and the Princes in the Tower trending on Twitter / X. The [[Richard III Society]] issued a press release stating: 
{{blockquote|The disappearance of the princes has always been described as a great unsolved mystery. Why? Because there was no evidence of their fate. Their murder was never more than conjecture, but it was put about by the authorities and – for safety’s sake – only the brave dared to think differently. From now on, history must take account of this new breakthrough evidence. No longer can anyone confidently claim the princes were killed by Richard III.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Princes in the Tower – History is Being Rewritten |publisher=Richard III Society |date=16 November 2023  |url=https://r3.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/231116_Richard_III_Society_Prince_in_the_Tower_Press_Release-1.pdf |access-date=28 July 2024 }}</ref>}}

Three leading members of the Dutch Research Group who had assisted in the project subsequently distanced themselves from Langley's documentary and book, arguing that the documents they had discovered "are in our own opinion open to various interpretations and do not constitute irrefutable proof" for the survival of the princes.<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=Zoë |last1=Maula |first2=Jean |last2=Roefstra |first3=William |last3=Wiss |title=Dutch statement on The Missing Princes Project |magazine=The Ricardian Bulletin |date=June 2024 |page=4 }}</ref> Langley responded that her conclusions were based on "the totality of evidence thus assembled and the outcomes of a modern police [[missing person]] investigation methodology ... (and not through a traditional historical research method)".<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Philippa |last=Langley |title=A reply from Philippa Langley |magazine=The Ricardian Bulletin |date=June 2024 |page=4 }}</ref> Historian [[Michael Hicks (historian)|Michael Hicks]] said that the new documents "do add to knowledge of the Tudor impostors, but they fall short of proof that either Edward V or Richard Duke of York survived beyond their disappearance in the autumn of 1483".<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Michael |last=Hicks |author-link=Michael Hicks (historian) |title=More proof needed on Princes |magazine=The Ricardian Bulletin |date=June 2024 |pages=4–5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first=Michael |last=Hicks |author-link=Michael Hicks (historian) |title=Historic doubts about the survival of the Princes in the Tower after 1485 |journal=[[Historical Research]] |volume=97 |issue=277 |year=2024 |pages=437–442 |doi=10.1093/hisres/htae009 }}</ref>