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 ...

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 ...

A funeral song is often one of the most poignant moments of a ceremony, and Americans want to ensure it's truly unforgettable. New research conducted by Talker Researcher surveyed 2,000 American ...

Hymns are out, Ed Sheeran is in! According to new data from a group of UK funeral directors (via The Guardian), there were no traditional hymns among the top 10 most-played songs at funerals for the ...

Q: What were the names of the songs, other than Elton John’s that were sung at Princess Diana’s funeral. They were all beautiful, and I never thought to write them down. – D.F., Hampton. A: The hymns ...

What famous hymn started a movement in the funeral business? In an earlier blog we talked about how a fake ghost story led to the creation of the Spiritualism religion. Inspiration and changes to ...

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 ...