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Upon visiting the centre of Leicester, you're hard pushed to amble down a city street without being reminded that King Richard III really died in this county. Pubs, plaques, statues and since 2015, his reburied remains are at the very heart of the city whose own University and council-led search party conducted the extraordinary discovery of the perished monarch some 530 years after his demise. Famously, he was found underneath a car park. The man is synonymous with Leicester, as much as the good folk of York will tell you otherwise. Those of a whimsically tenuous faith have even suggested that Richard's now happily-at-rest spirit might have lifted the 132 year curse on Leicester City in the spring of 2015. Of course this led to the "great escape" and amazing 2015/16 title triumph, capping off a whirlwind two years for this often unremarkable city. Even if that was indeed the case, the Blue Army will gladly remind you who the real King of Leicester is. Only eig