The search for King Harolds remains began this week.

Oval Films and Stratascan, the teams behind the discovery of Richard III’s remains beneath a car park in 2012, carried out the initial scan at Abbey Gardens in Waltham Abbey, yesterday.

The teams spent over five hours scanning the area in hope that theories stating he was given a formal funeral at the Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross and St Lawrence are true.

Author, Peter Burke, who is sponsoring the search for the late king, said: “The scan went well, we now have to wait for a couple of weeks whilst we put the images from the scan together.

“We have about four different sections that we need to combine on a sheet and then we will be able to see what we have found.

“Apart from the rain, the search went very well.”