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Highgate Cemetery to charge £25,000 for burial spots next to the grave of Karl Marx on ground that is coveted by communists

Highgate Cemetery is set to charge upwards of £25,000 for burial spots next to Karl Marx’s grave.

The north London graveyard, a popular tourist spot for fans of the communist pioneer, will erect new graves after securing £100,000 of National Lottery funding to help its conservation work and landscaping.

The site, which already has roughly 53,000 burial spots, will now make space near the tomb of Marx – a spot particularly coveted by communists.

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