by Using state-of-the-art technology, a voice was created for King Richard III. created which gives it a Yorkshire accent.
A digital avatar of the medieval king was put on display for history buffs at the York Theater Royal on Sunday.
Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 at the age of 32.
His were discovered under a car park in Leicester in 2012 by Philippa Langley as part of her Looking For Richard Project. They were identified using a number of scientific disciplines, including DNA analysis.
For singing teacher and vocal coach Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, the singing project began more than ten years ago as after-dinner entertainment to perform Shakespeare’s Richard III. to compare with what is known about the real man.
It quickly evolved into a research project with a unique focus – exploring the possibility of recreating a voice for the long-dead king.
A team at Liverpool John Moores University’s Face Lab, led by craniofacial identification expert Professor Caroline Wilkinson, has created an avatar based on a reconstruction of Richard III’s head. based.
Experts from various fields helped put the puzzle pieces together, including speech therapy, dentistry, forensic psychology and archaeology.
Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth on August 22, 1485. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty.
His defeat at Bosworth was the penultimate battle of the Wars of the Roses and ushered in the Tudor dynasty.
Ms Langley’s search for the King’s tomb was the subject of the award-winning television documentary Richard III: The King In The Car Park.
