article_snippet: the University of Leicester's genealogy expert, Kevin Shurer, has discovered that Cumberbatch is related to Richard III's.
article_snippet: Benedict is Richard III's second cousin, 16 removed," Shurer explained.
article_snippet: Benedict is linked in several ways, but ... the shortest is via Richard's mother, Cecily Neville's grandmother, Joan Beaufort.
article_snippet: Benedict also has more indirect links to both Queen Elizabeth II and Lady Jane Grey through other ancestors in Benedict [family] tree.