Father Rupert McHardy said the whole thing was 'very, very weird'.
Father Rupert McHardy says a funeral he’d been booked for at the London Oratory Roman Catholic church in South Kensington appeared to be fake A priest arrived ready to conduct a funeral in London only to find there was no body in the coffin and the mourners were actors. Father Rupert McHardy, 49, was due to begin the lavish service at the London Oratory Roman Catholic church in upmarket South Kensington at 11am on Monday.
’ Fr McHardy said the funeral request came in three or four weeks ago. Asked if they had connection with the church, they were told yes, they did. The man calling himself Clyde apparently chose the readings. ‘On the day of the funeral, it all started to unravel,’ said Fr McHardy. ‘The undertakers were going to collected the body and then at the last minute they were told, ”there is no body, we have ashes.
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