THE petition to have Richard III buried at York Minster was “trending” several times over the weekend as the most popular petition on the Government’s electronic petition webpage.
This morning, it was approaching 19,000 signatures.
A similar petition for the Yorkist King’s body to remain in Leicester had attracted nearly 7,000 signatures.
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