Richard III by William Shakespeare - "How genuine was the relationship between Richard and Buckingham?"

Richard III by William Shakespeare
"How genuine was the relationship between Richard and Buckingham?"
This essay is to assess how authentic the friendship between the cunning Richard and the apt and able Buckingham, discussing whether they were ever truly friends or whether they were just using each other to get what they wanted. Throughout their so-called "friendship", Richard and Buckingham stood by each other through thick and thin on the course of Richard's rise to the throne. Unfortunately, once Richard realised that he had got as much as he could out of Buckingham, he disposed of h…