Philippa Langley is an historian and award-winning producer, best known for her discovery of Richard III in Leicester in 2012. She is co-author of the bestselling book ‘The Lost King’ with Michael Jones (first published as The King’s Grave, John Murray 2013), and Finding Richard III, the official account of her Looking For Richard Project. On the ten-year anniversary of discovering Richard III, her extraordinary story was released as the internationally acclaimed major feature film, The Lost King, directed by Sir Stephen Frears and starring Sally Hawkins.

In November 2023 Philippa once again rewrote the history books in her new work. Based on her research initiative The Missing Princes Project, her seven-year investigation revealed that the princes survived to challenge Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, for the throne of England. It has been made into a feature-length factual TV documentary by Channel 4.