The completed tomb of King Richard III inside Leicester Cathedral in Leicester, Leicestershire. March 27 2015. The service to mark the reburial of King Richard III took place at Leicester Cathedral yesterday Thursday 26 March, 2015. The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev Justin Welby, presided over the service with local senior clergy and representatives of world faiths. Sophie, Countess of Wessex and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were among the guests. Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, a distant relation of the king, read a poem by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.