TWO ROYAL DEATHS.
PROM SIMILAR CAUSES. The fact that King George and his father, King Edward VH, died from similar causes is revealed by cablegrams published on May 10, i9lO, following - King Edward’s death.
“His Majesty died simply as the result of bronchitis and heart failure,” stated a message from London. “He was susceptible for a long time to chills and caught cold easily. He had recently suffered from a throat cough, which caused him much inconvenience.”
‘He was unconscious when he died, and suffered no pain,” the message continued. “The end was perfectly peaceful.” Reference was also made in the cablegrams to the constant administration of oxygen to King Edward despite which fainting fits occurred at intervals and peinods of unconsciousness became more prolonged. King Edward caught a chill returning to London from Sandringham. The asthmatic heart affection from which he had been suffering gradually "increased and culminated in his death at 11.45 p.m. on Friday, May 6, at Buckingham Palace. Both King Edward and King George died peacefully toward midnight, the one at 11.45 p.m. and the other at 11.55 p.m.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 4602, 28 January 1936, Page 3
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183TWO ROYAL DEATHS. Manawatu Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 4602, 28 January 1936, Page 3
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