Cemetery sparks ire among families after implementing 'VIP Pass' price for grave visitors

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Cemetery sparks ire among families after implementing 'VIP Pass' price for grave visitors
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A cemetery in the UK has come under fire for wanting to charge people to visit their loved ones. According to the owner this is being done to prevent what he calls 'undesirables' from entering the property.

The Garden of Remembrance in the UK.A cemetery in the United Kingdom has been blasted for wanting to charge people to visit their loved ones' gravesites.

"From January 2025 this site will be protected by electric gates. The gates at the front of the site will open and close automatically at set times," read a note posted at the entrance of the site. Annette Rhodes alleged that items are repeatedly stolen off the graves and tree roots damaging sites."Now being forced to pay for visiting when you can't do their new opening times. Absolutely appalling treatment of people who have lost dear loved ones," Rhodes said.

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