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Siblings agree compromise in High Court dispute over mother’s burial

November 9, 2015 12:08
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The strains of the song 'If You Were the Only Girl in the World' will ring out after Iris Freud's warring children finally agreed on how she should be buried.

Mrs Freud died, aged 92, at West Middlesex University Hospital in October, and her body has been kept in storage as a “'biblical” High Court battle was waged over her funeral.

Daughter Susanna Levrant was adamant that the service should include secular songs, including the 1916 classic which was a favourite with troops in the trenches.

However, her brother, David Freud, argued the service should be a more sombre affair in line with his and their deceased father's Jewish faith.