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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Emily Beament

Inside the £20m plan to restore world-famous London cemetery where George Michael and Karl Marx are buried

Highgate Cemetery in London, the final resting place for figures such as Karl Marx, Lucian Freud, and George Michael, has secured a significant £6.7 million grant to combat the escalating threats posed by climate change.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded the substantial sum to the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust, the charity responsible for the upkeep of the historic site.

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