article_snippet.sent: But scans of the king's skeleton show the king wasn't a hunchback, but only had a slight deformity that would have barely affected the king appearance or prowess on the field of battle.
article_snippet.sent: The condition, which would have developed in the king early teens, means the king was very far from being a hunchback.
article_snippet.sent: Despite having one shoulder slightly higher than the other and a short trunk in comparison with the king arms and legs, there is no evidence the king walked with a limp.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Lund said were no surviving descriptions of Richard III's distinctive physique from during Richard III's lifetime.
article_snippet.sent: The condition would have developed in Shakespeare's Richard early teens, but was far from being a hunchback.
article_snippet.sent: The scientists at the University of Leicester who examined the skeleton said there was also little evidence that the king would have walked with a limp.
highlights_snippet.sent: Scientists who examined Richard III skeleton say the king was far from being the hunchback portrayed by William Shakespeare in the king plays .
  