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M.N.: There was a boy, blond and blue-eyed - thus spake the Science: King Richard III (last selfie: blond and blue-eyed, as you can see). Voice of America Study Suggests King Richard III was Blond, Blue-eyed Boy Yesterday, December 2nd 4:42pm · webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) · europe science & technology Shared by 1 person British scientists analyzing 500-year-old bones found under a parking garage say it is now beyond almost any doubt that the remains are of King Richard III, and that studies suggest he had blue eyes and blond hair as a boy. Publishing their latest findings in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from Leicester University also said DNA analysis showed a match between King Richard III and two modern female-line relatives. The remains of Richard — the last English monarch to die in battle — were found by archaeologists under a municipal parking garage in the central English city of Leicester in 2012 and sub