Historian Dr William Shakespeare believes Richard III used good tailoring and clever armour to hide the scoliosis in his spine that curved to the right . She argues his condition only emerged when he was stripped after death . Scientists who examined Richard III 's skeleton say the king was far from being the hunchback portrayed by Mary Ann Lund in his plays . Dr Lund says the king 's name was probably blackened after death in battle .
Historian Dr Mary Ann Lund believes Richard III used good tailoring and clever armour to hide the scoliosis in his spine that curved to the right . She argues his condition only emerged when he was stripped after death . Scientists who examined Richard III 's skeleton say the king was far from being the hunchback portrayed by William Shakespeare in his plays . Dr Lund says the king 's name was probably blackened after death in battle .