Story King George V of GB was euthanised by his doctor!

[LittleJem]

Just found this online. Also, the method - Morphine and Cocaine - sounds just lovely frankly.
I have been lying on the floor with exhaustion for 3 days. Feel useless. Just want it over.

Here's the King George story (from the Guardian):

A royal precedent

Euthanasia is illegal in the UK – but in 1936 it seems there was at least one patient whose doctor decided to actively end his suffering: King George V.

The king's health had been declining and by early 1936 it was clear the end was near – on 20 January his chief physician, Lord Dawson, announced that death was imminent. The king died shortly before midnight.

But decades later, when Dawson's personal notes were revealed by his biographer Francis Watson, it emerged that this end was engineered: Dawson admitted to giving the king a lethal mix of morphine and cocaine to hasten his death.
"Hours of waiting just for the mechanical end when all that is really life has departed only exhausts the onlookers and keeps them so strained that they cannot avail themselves of the solace of thought, communion or prayer. I therefore decided to determine the end," he wrote.
However, he also added that his actions meant news of the king's death could be broken in the morning edition of the Times

 

[ceelo]

typical UK tbh one rule for them one for the rest.

 

[LittleJem]

typical UK tbh one rule for them one for the rest.

I know.

But I really like the sound of that combo. Maybe heroin and cocaine is easier to source?

 

[Linda]

Just found this online. Also, the method - Morphine and Cocaine - sounds just lovely frankly.
I have been lying on the floor with exhaustion for 3 days. Feel useless. Just want it over.

Here's the King George story (from the Guardian):

A royal precedent

Euthanasia is illegal in the UK – but in 1936 it seems there was at least one patient whose doctor decided to actively end his suffering: King George V.

The king's health had been declining and by early 1936 it was clear the end was near – on 20 January his chief physician, Lord Dawson, announced that death was imminent. The king died shortly before midnight.

But decades later, when Dawson's personal notes were revealed by his biographer Francis Watson, it emerged that this end was engineered: Dawson admitted to giving the king a lethal mix of morphine and cocaine to hasten his death.
"Hours of waiting just for the mechanical end when all that is really life has departed only exhausts the onlookers and keeps them so strained that they cannot avail themselves of the solace of thought, communion or prayer. I therefore decided to determine the end," he wrote.
However, he also added that his actions meant news of the king's death could be broken in the morning edition of the Times

There is a more humorous side to this. After the king's death, the BBC put out a broadcast saying that his last words had been "How is the empire?" - which sounds very statesmanlike and kingly. But it was a lie. His physician had suggested to him that he consider spending a few days in Bognor Regis, a small town on the south coast of England highly regarded for its therapeutic sea airs. The king didn't think much of the idea, and his last words were actually "Bugger Bognor".