article_snippet: Leicester, England (CNN)"God save King Richard!
article_snippet: A cry rings out in the bright spring air as the simple oak coffin of Richard III is carried away from the tower block-filled campus of the University of Leicester for the final time.
article_snippet: Some 35,000 people lined the streets of Leicester and the surrounding towns and villages as the cortege wound the cortege way through the countryside to the site of King Richard's final battle, Bosworth, where King Richard died in 1485, before returning to the city for a commemoration at Leicester Cathedral.
article_snippet: That pride is something which those who helped in the search for Richard III share.
article_snippet: Leicester University president and vice-chancellor Paul Boyle said the discovery of the bones had been a "defining moment" which "reshaped history," and pointed out that Leicester University had been custodian of Richard III remains for longer than Richard III ruled England.
article_snippet: Michael Ibsen and another living relative of Richard III, Wendy Duldig, were there as the hearse carrying the coffin pulled away from the somber grey-brown bricks of the Fielding Johnson Building; accompanied by archaeologist Richard Buckley, who led the dig which uncovered the King's bones, Michael Ibsen and another living relative of Richard III, Wendy Duldig walked silently behind as the cortege's journey began.
article_snippet: Thousands of people lined the route of the procession, out through the Leicestershire villages visited by Richard III on Richard III way to the Battle of Bosworth.
article_snippet: Perched on fold-up picnic chairs Michael Ibsen and another living relative of Richard III, Wendy Duldig gathered on roadside verges, along pavements decorated with bunting, flags and paper chains of white Yorkist roses, and in pub car parks to be entertained by folk dancers as Michael Ibsen and another living relative of Richard III, Wendy Duldig waited for the coffin to pass by.
article_snippet: At Fenn Lane Farm, thought to be the closest location to the spot where Richard III died, earth from three key points in Richard III life was placed in a casket carved with Richard III symbol, a boar.
article_snippet: More than five centuries on, those who sparked the search for Richard III's remains were determined to put right that ancient wrong by giving Richard III's a more fitting farewell.
article_snippet: Philippa Langley, who led the "Looking for Richard" project, said the "Looking for Richard" project aim was "to give Richard what Richard didn't get in 1485 ... to recognize what went on in the past, but not repeat its aim, to make peace with the past.
article_snippet: The coffin is a simple affair: English oak and yew, made by Richard's relative Michael Ibsen who, as chance would have The coffin, is a cabinet maker by trade; a cabinet maker is carved with the king's name and a white rose.
highlights_snippet: Richard III will finally be laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral this week .
  
highlights_snippet: On Sunday Richard III remains were taken from the University of Leicester to the site of Richard III final battle, Bosworth .
  