Traveller patriarch Frank buried in solid gold coffin after week

Frank Thompson, 69, was buried in a solid gold coffin after his family declared 'money is no object', with a Rolls Royce taking him on a week-long farewell tour Frank Thompson was laid to rest earlier this week (Image: SWNS)

The patriarch of a respected Traveller family was laid to rest in a "six figure" solid gold coffin, with his family stating that "money is no object". ‌

When Frank Thompson passed away at 69 due to a chest infection , "the whole family got involved to give him the best possible send-off," shared a family friend. They purchased a solid gold coffin and a Rolls Royce carried it on a week-long farewell tour of locations in Nottingham and Manchester where Frank had operated businesses and tarmac yards, as well as cemeteries where his friends and family were