King’s transparency over cancer diagnosis contrasts with death of grandfather
by Luke O'Reilly
Feb 06, 2024
2 minutes
The King’s openness about his cancer diagnosis contrasts significantly from how the news of his grandfather’s ill health was handled.
On February 6 1952, this day 72 years ago, King George VI died in the middle of the night.
He had survived a major operation to remove his left lung in September 1951, but succumbed to a blood clot just a
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