Dad Laid to Rest in Gold Coffin After Week Long Rolls Royce Tour - Liverpool Echo

Traveller's extravagant funeral as solid-gold coffin goes on week-long tour

Frank Thompson, who ran companies in Nottingham and Manchester, will also be honoured with a huge marble tomb

'Traveller King' tycoon buried in gold coffin after week-long farewell tour - Birmingham Live

Frank Thompson, 69, sadly died from a chest infection on July 2. He was laid to rest in a solid gold coffin

Head of traveller family makes final Rolls Royce tour in 'solid gold coffin'

Frank Thompson, 69, was laid to rest in a 'six-figure solid gold' coffin, with his family saying that 'money is no object'

Dad laid to rest in gold coffin after week long Rolls Royce tour - Liverpool Echo

Frank Thompson, 69, was the head of a traveller family

'Solid gold coffin' taken around UK in Rolls Royce after death of traveller family leader

A family friend said: "The full family got involved to give him the best possible send off".

Inside traveller dad's extravagant funeral as solid gold coffin goes on week-long tour - The Mirror

Traveller Frank Thompson, 69, was given an extravagant send-off when his family ordered a gold coffin. They commisioned a marble tomb to surround his casket which will take a year to create