Embalming the Dead In the UK?

Discussion in 'Europe' started by Jimbee68, Sep 20, 2022.

  1. Jimbee68

    Jimbee68 Member

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    I guess this one is for our British board members. But anyone else who knows, join the discussion.

    I keep seeing that same image, even in the American media. Elizabeth II being carried around in that big pine box.

    And I wanted to know, and I guess it's kind of a morbid question, do you Brits embalm your dead?

    You know, after a day, the body's largest organ, the skin dies. And then the unpleasantness usually begins.

    I know where I live, Michigan, if you don't embalm, you have to bury in 24 hours. Seems to me that could potentially lead to a premature burial. Hopefully not.

    I know my grandmother died in 1971. And my mother and aunt promised her, they'd stay with her for a while, to make sure she was really dead, basically. They almost got in trouble for that. You know failure to report a death is a misdemeanor in Michigan.

    So do they embalm? :)
     
  2. Candy Gal

    Candy Gal Lifetime Supporter

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    I have no idea.
    But yes I think that is exactly what happened.
     
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