From Worcester News:
Worcester Cathedral is to be given £106,000 to carry out essential work that will bring a 20-year restoration programme to a close.
Staff at the cathedral said they were delighted to have got the money from the cathedral grants scheme run by English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation.
The money will be put towards repairing masonry in the cloisters, one of the failing buttresses and a wall in the southern part of the nave.
…Both King John and Prince Arthur, the ill-fated heir of Henry VII who died at the age of 15, are buried at Worcester Cathedral.
The only existing copy of William Shakespeare’s marriage licence to Anne Hathaway is on display there.
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There was talk some years ago in the British press about exhuming Prince Arthur to figure out what he died of, and then I never heard another word. I suppose some may feel it’s evil for me to hope that in the course of these restorations his coffin may “accidentally” be broken open …
There were a couple of articles back in 2002 when the grave was found that discussed it. I “blogged” about it back then (well, posted it to my News and Events page, which was a proto-blog of sorts) and I’ve been keeping an eye out for more info but none has turned up. I’ll have to search around at some point and see if anything has been done. Maybe searching through some science journals will help.