`` We believe that the proposed location of Leicester is wholly inappropriate for the burial of King Richard III , who had no connections with the town beyond his horrific death , bodily despoliation and appalling burial in a foreshortened grave , '' it said . Leicester Cathedral rules that King Richard lll should be reburied in York . The king 's remains were discovered in Friday under a parking lot . The archeologists who disinterred the remains intended a reburial in The Royal Courts of Justice . A legal challenge was brought by a group which said he should be reburied in York .
Leicester Cathedral rules that King Richard lll should be reburied in York . The king 's remains were discovered in Friday under a parking lot . The archeologists who disinterred the remains intended a reburial in The Royal Courts of Justice . A legal challenge was brought by a group which said he should be reburied in York .