My lawyer has advised me to bring my will up to date, seeing as how I wrote my last one 25 years ago. Suffice it to say that things have changed since then. One of the things that hasn't changed is ...

Queen Elizabeth II is being laid to rest in a state funeral on Monday (19 September). The late monarch’s funeral began at 11am, after King Charles III led a procession to Westminster Abbey from ...

Music usually accompanies a final farewell. Traditional funeral hymns have been performed for centuries at services, but it's ...

It was all about the Queen until it wasn’t. And it was precisely at that point that Charles didn’t sing along. When it came time for “God Save the King” at the end of his mother’s funeral in ...

One Sunday some time ago, I was browsing through Spotify playlists — gospel and blues from the mid-20th century, mostly. At times I find myself wishing for a little more variety in the religious ...

Scots are ditching hymns for chart hits when it comes to music for their funeral. This year’s Scottish Funeral Music Chart does not have one hymn, with people opting for rock anthems and classic pop ...

Ed Sheeran has made it into the list of top 10 most requested songs at funerals for the first time, a survey has found. Funeral provider, Co-op Funeralcare, which launched its first funeral music list ...