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article_snippet: Last Sunday, thousands of people watched a procession of the king's coffin through Leicester city centre.
article_snippet: On Sunday, 35,000 people lined the route of a procession high in symbolism through the Leicestershire countryside taking Richard III back to near the spot where Richard III fell at Bosworth field, where prayers were said for all the dead of the Battle of Bosworth.
article_snippet: The excavation uncovered not only the friary of Grey Friars but also a battle-scarred skeleton (shown) with spinal curvature.
article_snippet: The Bishop of Leicester said tomorrow’s service would be 'solemn, but hopeful' and mark the 'extraordinary moment' in English history that Richard’s death on August 22 1485 represented. '
article_snippet: It is a major national and international occasion with a lot of ceremony,' The Bishop of Leicester said. '
article_snippet: The peers from Bosworth families, descendants of those who fought on both sides of the battle, will be here.' '
article_snippet: The coffin will be borne into the sanctuary of the cathedral where The coffin will be committed to the ground, into the vault which has been prepared.'
article_snippet: Thousands of people watched the procession of the former king's coffin (pictured), through the city centre, on Sunday .