Was Lord Farquad really based on Richard III?

Pure speculation on my part here, but was there a connection.

What really brings this into focus is the recent discovery of the bones of Richard III underneath a car park in Leicester.

Having done the DNA analysis to confirm that the bones really were of the reviled English King Richard III, the archaeologists who discovered the remains decided to use the latest facial reconstruction  techniques they set about creating a lifelike model of the medieval king.

After many months of painstaking effort they came up with this:



Now the truth is clear for all to see, Lord Farquad from the Shrek movies is clearly Richard III, or is it the other way round?

Co-incidence? I think not.