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King George V s final words were an inquiry about the state of the Empire. However, his physician s journal states his last words were God damn you after being injected with fatal doses of morphine and cocaine to assure a painless death in time for the announcement to make the morning papers.

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Fun Fact: King George V’s final words were an inquiry about the state of the Empire. However, his physician’s journal states his last words were “God damn you” after being injected with fatal doses of morphine and cocaine to assure a painless death in time for the announcement to make the morning papers.

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