A bit more on the DNA testing of Mary Tudor’s hair (including a picture of the locket):
HOPES that a lock of royal hair kept in west Suffolk could solve the centuries-old mystery of what befell the Princes in the Tower appear to have been quashed by a leading cleric.
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It is thought these [bones] might belong to the two princes which, using modern DNA testing techniques, could have been checked against the lock of hair in Bury, because Mary Tudor, the sister of Henry VIII, would have the same mitochondrial DNA as the princes.Such a possibility has now been ruled out by the Dean of Westminster Abbey who said:
I can’t believe that the Dean of Westminster Abbey wouldn’t want one of the most baffling mysteries in England’s history uncovered. The argument he poses of spirits resting in peace and not disturbing the dead doesn’t sway me. Even if I did believe in that, I’m partial to thinking that the little princes would want the truth to get out. Especially if they were murdered!