Distant relatives of Richard III have been granted permission for a judicial review of the decision to rebury the king's remains in Leicester.
The Plantagenet Alliance launched a legal challenge to the decision made by the Ministry of Justice in May.
The group, which includes 15 of Richard III's relatives, wants his body to be buried in York, claiming it was King Richard's wish.
A date for the review, expected to take one day, has not been set.
Skeletal remains found beneath a car park in Leicester last year, were confirmed as the king's by a team at the University of Leicester in February.
The licence to carry out the dig, issued by the Ministry of Justice, gave the university the authority to decide where to rebury the king.
Richard III was the last Yorkist king of England, whose death at the age of 32 in the Battle of Bosworth effectively ended the Wars of the Roses.
His nephews Edward V and Richard of York, the "Princes in the Tower", disappeared in 1483 and are said by many historians to have been murdered on Richard III's orders.
Shakespeare's version of events in his play Richard III added to the king's infamy, but some historians reject the heinous crimes attributed to Richard.
Leicester Cathedral has begun a £1m rebuilding project to accommodate the king's tomb while the city council plans to build a £4m visitor centre commemorating his life.
However, the Plantagenet Alliance want the king to be laid to rest in York Minster.
Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said he would grant the review "on all grounds" but warned the parties against beginning an "unseemly, undignified and unedifying" legal tussle.
He urged the parties to "avoid embarking on the legal Wars of the Roses part 2".
Giving his reasons for granting the review, he said: : "The archaeological discovery of the mortal remains of a former King of England after 500 years is without precedent.
"In my judgment, it is plainly arguable that there was a duty at common law to consult widely as to how and where Richard III's remains should appropriately be reinterred.
"I grant permission to the claimant to bring Judicial Review proceedings against the Secretary of State for Justice and the University of Leicester on all grounds."
Richard, the last monarch of the House of York, grew up at Middleham Castle in the Yorkshire Dales and visited York several times during his 26-month-long reign.
Launching the bid for a judicial review in May, Vanessa Roe, from the Plantagenet Alliance, said: "It is well documented throughout the centuries that he wanted his remains to be buried in York, amongst his family."
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