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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maira Butt

Admiral Nelson’s actual final words as he died at the Battle of Trafalgar finally ‘revealed’

A letter written by Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson to Emma Hamilton from on board HMS Victory in May 1805, is on show at National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth ahead of Trafalgar Day (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Wire)

Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have been “kiss me, Hardy,” according to a newly unearthed letter.

Instead, the British naval hero is claimed to have declared, “Thanks be to God, I have but lived this day and now I die content,” after being fatally shot during his victory over the Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar in 1805.

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