SCIENTISTS IN Berlin, Germany have found, what they believe is intact skeleton of a charming English princess of 10th century — One whose beauty and charms have been compared to Princess Diana’s.

 

Princess Eadgyth who married one of Europe's most powerful monarchs in the early 10th centuary, was a “very popular person," Mark Horton, an archaeology professor at Bristol University told Associated Press. "She was sort of the Diana of her day if you like - pretty and full of good works," he added.

 

According to folklore, Eadgyth and her younger sister Adiva’s proposal was sent out to Roman emperor Otto, who was invited to pick the one he liked best. Eadgyth's looks and charm won out over her sister's youth.

 

A team of experts is now working to verify the identity of some bones found bundled in silk at Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany.

 

If the skeleton is confirmed being that of Eadgyth, it would be oldest remains of any English royal discovered so far. According to Associated Press, “the bones of various Saxon royals in Winchester Cathedral in southern England - are so hopelessly jumbled together that no single person can be identified.”

 

"If (Eadgyth's) skeleton is intact then, it would be the earliest identifiable remains from Anglo-Saxon England," Simon Keynes, a professor of Anglo-Saxon history at the University of Cambridge told the news agency.

 

The skeleton was uncovered as part of a research project into Magdeburg Cathedral, about 90 miles west of Berlin. The 16th-century monument in which the body was found was for a long time believed to be empty.

 

When archaeologists opened the monument in 2008, they found a lead coffin bearing her name and carrying a set of bones wrapped in silk. Historians believe Eadgyth's body was moved several times - a common practice followed in case of bodies of saints and royalty.