Was Richard the Third Evil Richard the Third was thought to be an evil mastermind here are three main reasons as to why. The primary reason he was thought to be evil, is on his accession to the throne, a few of is relatives were died and he was later accused of murdering them. The “Princes in the Tower” were killed but no evidence was ever found to pin Richard to their deaths. “Many contemporaries …showed first 75 words of 535 total…

…showed last 75 words of 535 total…was no proof of these myths. Sir Winston Churchill said, “No one in Richard’s lifetime seems to have remarked these deformities.” (Richard III Foundation) The myth of his “deformities,” were just that myths, and there was no evidence to prove otherwise. Richard was overall a good king; it is a shame that the last of the Plantagenet kings has a blackened reputation because of the incidents that surrounded him, and the myths of deformity.