MET DEATH LIKE A MONARCH
RAPIDITY OF THE ILLNESS.
WHY THE KING SAT UP.
CHEERFUL, COURAGEOUS, AND PATIENT.
\\y Teiepraph—Press Association—CoorriebL (Received May 10, 0.10 a.m.)
London, May 0. . His Majesty King Edward VII died simply of bronchitis and heart failure. Ho had been susceptible for a long time to chills, and caught cold easily, and li 6 had recently suffered from a throaty cough, causing him much inconvenience.
The fatal illness began only on Monday, and it was only on Wednesday that a really serious development occurred. King Edward was cheerful, courageous, and patient, and although he became gradually niuck weaker, his vitality was remarkable.
He was unconscious when he died, did not suffer paini and the end was perfectly peaceful. Throughout his ordeal he displayed to the full those qualities of personal courage and devotion to duty that characterised his career- It was said of liim more than once during the past week that he knew not the meaning of the word "fear." While realising the serious nature of his illness, King Edward faced the position with the utmost fortitude, and displayed a determination not to surrender which could not fail to inspire admiration and respect.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 813, 10 May 1910, Page 7
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198MET DEATH LIKE A MONARCH Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 813, 10 May 1910, Page 7
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