Guides Preparing for death

Arranging a funeral for someone you love

Who has the right to arrange your funeral?

Who has the right to arrange your funeral depends on whether you’ve left a will. In practice, it’s likely to be your closest family members who make the decisions.

When a body is cremated, what happens to the coffin?

Under UK law, something must be in place to cover the body of a person who’s died. This is usually a coffin. Crematorium staff can’t move a body out of a coffin once it’s sealed, so the coffin enters the cremation chamber along with the body.

GuidesPreparing for death

Arranging a funeral for someone you love

Who has the right to arrange your funeral?

When a body is cremated, what happens to the coffin?

Guides Preparing for death