Robbie Williams decides on LA burial

 
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Georgie Bradley15 April 2013
The Weekender

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Robbie Williams has revealed he has already arranged his funeral plans. He wants to be laid to rest in the United States in a "sun-kissed" grave. 

Although Williams is a Brit through and through, he has chosen to be buried in America. He was initially torn between his home town, Stoke-on-Trent and his wife Ayda Field's family burial plot in LA.

His original plan was to be buried next to his gran, Betty, but his new life in the US and the arrival of seven-month-old daughter Theodora 'Teddy' Rose has converted him.

Speaking on his Radio Rudebox podcast, Williams said: "The thing about Stoke, my heart seems to be there. I have an interesting dilemma. If we stay in LA and this is our home for the rest of time, I'm not going to want to be buried at Stoke-on-Trent.

"When I am in Stoke, my favourite place to visit is my grandma's grave at Tunstall cemetery. I have always thought that is where I would end up, at the cemetery. But I now have an American bird as my wife, and I plan to be with her for the rest of time.

"Ayda's grandma is in a cemetery over here, in a cemetery just down the road from our house. Her grave is constantly in the sun. It's a nice place to end up."

The 39-year-old star hasn't run out of steam yet and revealed he is hoping to squeeze in a few more adventures out of life but isn't afraid of death

He added: "I don't feel sad about it for some reason. It's an inevitability ... I hope that I am alive long enough for many different voyages yet. Who knows where I will end up?"

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