My whole family were in the funeral business so I’ve heard lots of stories. I think cremation is more environmentally friendly, back to the earth. My dad was cremated, and ashes are in a churchyard next door to where his sister lives. There is no grave to visit though. His view was that when you are gone, you’re gone, and he didn’t want us to go visit a grave - he wasn’t there, it was just his ashes. Better to remember him as he was. In a way I found it very freeing that he had told us this. My husband makes visits to his dads grave. He was very religious and was buried. He visits out of guilt I think.
So for me, I’d prefer cremation then scatter my ashes in a beautiful place, perhaps on a walk in the woods, or in a field, with a smile on your face. I won’t be here so I’d rather give my daughter the final decision on it after I die.
Hunt, the Chancellor, gets his figures wrong!