Original sentence: ), were the two young sons of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville who were declared illegitimate by Richard III's Act of Parliament known as Titulus Regius.At that time, these were believed to have been the remains of the two princes.Richard III of England had ostensibly eliminated the princes from the succession.Rumours of their death were in wide circulation by late 1483, but Richard never attempted to prove that they were alive by having them seen in public, which strongly suggests that they were dead by then (or at a minimum, not under his control--unlikely, since they would presumably still have been in the Tower).They themselves were ostensibly not a threat, notwithstanding Edward's having been acclaimed King, but Richard's enemies might have launched rebellions in their names
Edited sentence: ), were the two young sons of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville who were declared illegitimate by the Act of Parliament known as Titulus Regius.His mother Margaret Beaufort is also suspected, as is her third husband, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby.Richard III of England had eliminated the princes from the succession.Rumours of their death were in wide circulation by late 1483, but Richard never attempted to prove that they were alive by having them seen in public, which strongly suggests that they were dead by then (or at a minimum, not under his control).These were believed to have been the remains of the two princes, but there has been recent evidence against that theory.They themselves were not a threat, but Richard's enemies could have launched rebellions in their names