Լեսթերում հազարավոր մարդիկ դիմավորել են Ռիչարդ 3-րդի մասունքներով շարասյունը (լուսանկարներ)

10:31 • 23.03.15

Բրիտանիայի Լեսթեր քաղաքում հազարավոր մարդիկ դիմավորել են 1485-ին մահացած Ռիչարդ 3-րդ թագավորի մասունքներով շարասյունը, գրում է Газета-ն։

«Ռիչարդ թագավոր, թող հողը թեթև լինի Լեսթերում»,- ասել է քաղաքապետ Թեթեր Սոուլսբին։

Թագավորի մասունքներով դագաղը տեղադրվել է տեղի տաճարի շենքում, որտեղ հինգշաբթի կկայանա վերահուղարկավորման հանդիսավոր արարողությունը։

Կիրակի այնտեղ պատարագ է մատուցվել, որտեղ տեղերն արդեն բաժանված էին մի քանի ամիս առաջ։ Մինչ հինգշաբթի թագավորի մասունքները կհսկվեն շուրջօրյա, սակայն հանրության համար մուտքն ազատ կլինի։

Procession: Crowds up to ten deep line the streets of Leicester yesterday to watch Richard's coffin borne on a horse-drawn gun carriage

The coffin: Made by Richard's kinsman Michael Ibsen, a cabinet maker, it was strewn with Yorkist white roses

The Crown Jewels: Emma Chamberlain, from the 1st Aylestone Brownies, places the monarch's crown on his coffin

salute: Medieval re-enactors in full dress await the coffin at the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre on Sunday afternoon

Knights in shining armour: A group watches the procession pass through Leicestershire ahead of the Cathedral ceremony

Cadets wheel Richard III's coffin on to the battefield at Bosworth, near Leicester. The body of Richard, who died at the battle of Bosworth in 1485, was found under a car park in 2012

A cortege has now made its way through the Leicestershire countryside to Bosworth battlefield where he fell in battle against Henry Tudor in 1485, and where a religious ceremony was held

The oak coffin in which he lies was made by Michael Ibsen, Richard's nephew 17 times removed, whose family's DNA was used to identify the King's skeleton, and his bones have been packed in wool

A 21-gun salute was fired, as a banner bearing the old king's white boar sigil hung from its flagstaff during the symbolic ceremony

The Duke of Gloucester, patron of the Richard III Society, lit the flame of an iron brazier at the ceremony at Bosworth Battlefield

The oak coffin in which he lies was made by Michael Ibsen, Richard's nephew 17 times. His bones have been packed in wool

A model based on the discovered skull of Richard III shows what the monarch may have looked like during his reign

The congregation listened as the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Rev Tim Stevens, said in prayer: 'Grant King Richard a world of rest and peace, free from dust and ashes'

Members of The Kyng's Guard lead the ceremony. The skeleton of Richard III was discovered in 2012 in the foundations of Greyfriars Church, Leicester, 500 years after he was killed at the Battle of Bosworth

A young boy wears a crown as he waits for Richard III's coffin to pass by the gathered crowds in Leicestershire earlier today

A member of a re-enactment group dressed as a 'Gate Guard' stands on duty at Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre

A cortege made its way through the Leicestershire countryside to Bosworth battlefield where he fell in battle against Henry Tudor in 1485

Thousands gathered to honour the dead king at the symbolic ceremony atop Ambion Hill over-looking the site of the old Leicestershire battlefield, some in period dress and battle armour

Richard III has started the journey to his final resting place at Leicester Cathedral, more than 500 years after his death in battle

The remains of the last Plantagenet King are currently at the University of Leicester, whose archaeologists discovered the king buried under a council car park in 2012, in the first of a series of ceremonies

The oak coffin in which he lies was made by Michael Ibsen (right), Richard's nephew 17 times removed, whose family's DNA was used to identify the King's skeleton, and his bones have been packed in wool

Michael Ibsen (left), a direct descendant of Richard III, places a rose on the king's coffin during a ceremony at the University of Leicester

The cortege makes its way through Leicester. Richard's hands and feet have been placed in linen bags, embroidered with roses by children at Leicester's Richard III Primary School, and with the King is a wooden rosary, emblazoned with an enamelled White Rose

The skeleton is covered by a raw linen cloth, embroidered with York roses, by Elizabeth Noakes, of the Richard III Society

Members of a re-enactment group take part in 15th century sword play at the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centr

15th century actresses prepare authentic food ahead of the remains of Richard III arriving at Bosworth Battlefield

The Battlefield Flame burns behind a crown atop the Sundial Memorial at in Bosworth, Leicestershire

The cost of re-ordering Leicester Cathedral and creating the vault for Richard has been £2.5million. The commemorations will include a 35-mile procession towards Leicester city centre, followed by a service

A actor beats a drum during as part of a re-enactment at the ceremony this afternoon in the village of Sutton Cheney

A '15th century spectacle maker' at work ahead of the King's arrival at the ceremony today, where thousands gathered to pay their respects

The King's grave site was thought to be lost until his crook-backed skeleton in the remains of an old monastery beneath a Leicester City Council car park