囧研究 卷福和理查三世是遠親？！大綱

A scientist has discovered actor Benedict Cumberbatch and King Richard III are cousins.
一位科學家發現，演員本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇是理查三世的遠親。

Professor Kevin Schurer has revealed a link between Cumberbatch and the king which makes them third cousins, 16 times removed.
教授凱文·席爾透露，康伯巴奇是這位國王的第16代曾堂孫。

In a present-day twist the Sherlock star is set to play the former monarch on screen later his year.
在作爲當今的一個轉折點，這位夏洛克影星晚些時候要在熒幕上出演前君王理查三世。

It is estimated that between one million and 17 million people in the UK are connected, in some way, to Richard , whose remains were discovered buried beneath a council car park in Leicester in 2012.
據估計在英國，1700萬人中有100萬人有血緣關係，理查的遺骸在2012年被發現被埋在萊斯特一個委員會停車場的下面。

But Prof Schurer, of Leicester University, said: “He (Cumberbatch) is more direct because he is a third cousin.
但是萊斯特大學的席爾教授說：“因爲他（康伯巴奇）是第三代堂兄弟，更有直屬關係。”

Cumberbatch will play Richard in the upcoming BBC Two drama series ‘The Hollow Crown - King Richard III’.
康伯巴奇將在BBC二套即將播出的英劇《空王冠：理查三世》中飾演這位國王。

Prof Schurer traced the line of descent, originating from Edward III - Richard III’s great great grandfather - all the way to Cumberbatch.
席爾教授追溯了血統系，從愛德華三世開始到理查三世高曾祖父——一直到康伯巴奇。

Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 during the War of the Roses and buried in a church in Leicester, which was later destroyed.
理查三世在1485年的波斯沃斯“玫瑰之戰”中被殺死，葬入萊斯特教堂，之後被毀壞。