Overview
- Clarkson used a column in The Times to set out his funeral, burial and will instructions, which were then widely summarized by UK outlets.
- He says mourners must sit through all 23 minutes of the Genesis track Supper’s Ready and that he wants to be buried in Canada’s Yukon to inconvenience attendees.
- He states he will not be an organ donor and will avoid cremation, citing a lingering fear he could be wrong about heaven.
- He links his directives to his opposition to Labour’s inheritance tax reforms on farms and even suggests keeping him on life support until Labour leaves office.
- The disclosures follow emergency heart surgery in late 2024 and come as changes to Agricultural Property Relief take effect in early April, a shift he argues will complicate passing family farms like his Diddly Squat in Oxfordshire to the next generation.