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LEFT The Lost King is a new film about the rediscovery of Richard III’s grave in 2012. Here, Sally Hawkins is shown as Philippa Langley, the amateur historian who spearheaded the search, and Harry Lloyd appears as Richard III. He wears armour based on pieces from the Wallace Collection, where a temporary exhibition about arms, armour, and the last Plantagenet king is now running.

The Lost King: imagining Richard III at the Wallace Collection

A finely crafted suit of armour can be as much a work of art as it is a carefully honed piece of military technology. Carly Hilts visited the Wallace Collection to explore a new temporary exhibition that showcases its internationally important holdings of arms and armour, tying into a new film about the search for Richard III’s grave.