a name given to the two young sons of King Edward IV , i.e. the boy king Edward V and his brother Richard, Duke of York (III)(3) (1472–83), who went to live in the royal apartments (= private rooms) in the Tower of London in 1483 after their father died. They disappeared, and some people believe they were murdered either by Richard III , who had become king, or by Henry VII . The bones of two young children found in the Tower and tested in 1933 are believed to be theirs.
See also White Tower .