Rolls-Royce Hearse, $7 Million Crypt as Last Flash of Wealth
- Extravagant funerals are latest rite of passage for wealthy
- ‘Certain set of expectations’ on how to exit, consultant says
Live lavishly, go out extravagantly.
For many of the rich and powerful, funerals are becoming the final opportunity to flaunt immense wealth, competing with weddings and birthdays as a rite of passage worthy of a small fortune. They’re choosing to be laid to rest in $60,000 gold-plated coffins and ferried by horse-drawn funeral carriages or Rolls-Royce hearses. Some are even flying friends and relatives to exotic locales for destination funerals.