On January 20th 1936 George V of England was pronounced dead. However, his personal physician made an astounding confession in his private diaries claiming that he, in fact, killed him with the administration of a lethal injection of morphine and heroin effectively murdering a reigning British monarch. The secret was kept for 50 years.
Perhaps in an attempt to end the King's suffering it was simply an act of mercy but was this the only monarch that the Royal Physician murdered?
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