Did King George Have a Lung Removed?

The King was well enough to open the Festival of Britain in May 1951, but on 23 September 1951, he underwent a surgical operation where his entire left lung was removed by Clement Price Thomas after a malignant tumour was found.

How long did King George live after his lung surgery?

Although King George recovered from the surgery to remove one lung, he died five months later in February 1952.

Did they remove King George's lung?

King George VI's subjects and well-wishers everywhere learned a little more this week about his operation. The drastic surgery to which he submitted was to remove an obstruction (probably cancerous, but the King's doctors still would not say) in the left bronchus, a branch of the windpipe leading to the left lung.