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The Coroner’s Report June 23, 2026 · St James's Palace, London

The Queen of Britain Who Died Because She Wouldn't Admit She Had a Hernia

Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of Great Britain, had been carrying a strangulated umbilical hernia for fourteen years when it ruptured in November 1737. She had concealed it from everyone including her doctors. She died after twelve days of pain. She was 54.

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The Coroner’s Report June 11, 2026 · Leicester House, London, England

The Heir Who Was Not Killed by a Cricket Ball

Frederick, Prince of Wales died in March 1751, aged forty-four. The story that a cricket ball had killed him survived for two centuries. His lungs had killed him.

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The Coroner’s Report June 8, 2026 · Kensington Palace, London, England

The King Who Died on the Close Stool

On the morning of 25 October 1760 the King of Great Britain rang for his chocolate, walked to the privy, and was dead before his valet got back.

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