Lord Nelson’s famous dying words exposed as a MYTH in newly-found account of the Battle of Trafalgar

LORD Nelson did not say “Kiss me, Hardy” as he died, says a newly found account of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Instead he said the less dramatic: “Thanks be to God but I have lived this day and now I die content.”

GettyLord Nelson did not say ‘Kiss me, Hardy’ as he died, says a newly found account of the Battle of Trafalgar[/caption] AlamyNelson was killed by a French musket ball off Cape Trafalgar, Spain, in October 1805[/caption]

The claim is made by George Sievers, a...