Campaigners from both York and Leicester have said the remains, should they prove to be the king, ought to come to them.

BBC: Richard III dig: Leicester Cathedral burial confirmed

Powell's attorney, Michael Stone, said last year the unedited video worked against King and helped prove the officers' case.

CNN: Rodney King dead at 47

Armed with three samples of mitochondrial DNA, Dr. Turi King, the project geneticist, was able to prove that the new descendant Schurer had found was, in fact, related to the known Plantagenet Michael Ibsen.

CNN: February 4, 2013 -- Updated 1805 GMT (0205 HKT)