11 SEPTEMBER 1993, Page 24

Poisoned heart

Sir: Your report (Portrait of the week, 28 August) of the discovery of the late King Boris's heart in a glass jar in the grounds of his old palace is interesting. If I am right, the former King of Bulgaria died of poison-

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ing, administered either by his Nazi allies or his communist enemies, during the last war and soon after returning from a trip to confer with Hitler and the German leader- ship. Judging from the much more recent incident of the unfortunate exile who was stabbed with an umbrella tip in London, it would seem that poisoning may be a not altogether un-Bulgarian way of death.

However, it is inaccurate to refer, as you do, to Boris as 'ex'-King because he died in harness.

Charles FitzGerald

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