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How a Doctor's Syringe Silenced a King - The 1936 Secret
How a Doctor's Syringe Silenced a King - The 1936 Secret
A private diary reveals that on January 20, 1936 a physician injected morphine and cocaine into King George V’s jugular vein two and a half hours after a public bulletin announced he was “sinking.” Why did Lord Dawson choose a direct jugular injection and time the death so the morning papers, and what does that choice tell us about duty, mercy and image in 1930s Britain?
In this episode, we trace the events at Sandringham House on the night George V died, following the timeline from the dinner menu bulletin to the diary entry that named…
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