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George V: Mercy or Murder?

2025/3/11
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King George V of Great Britain was found dead on January 21st, 1936, with an official report from the palace stating a natural death due to a long-fought battle against lung disease. However, a diary entry from the king's doctor in 1986 revealed a shocking truth that it wasn't a natural death, raising the question of whether it was a case of regicide.
  • King George V died on January 21, 1936.
  • Official cause of death was lung disease.
  • A doctor's diary in 1986 suggested it was a deliberate act of euthanasia.

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Did deathly ill George V, King of the United Kingdom and younger brother of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, die of natural causes in 1936 or was he the unwilling victim of euthanasia?

Cast List:

Guy Walters: Author & Historian 

Anna Whitelock: Historian & Broadcaster

David Haviland: Journalist & Author 

James Sherwood: Writer & Royal Correspondent 

Iris Millis: Medical Historian 

Eric Meyers: Narrator 

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