Spike Milligan’s grave at centre of family dispute

A FAMILY row over comedian Spike Milligan’s grave has degenerated into the sort of farce that the last of the Goons would have himself found hilarious.

A month ago, the grave where the 83-year-old was buried in March last year lacked a headstone, and was notable only as an unkempt patch of rough grass.

James Milligan the comedian's son from his eight-year relationship with Margaret Maughan was appalled. Two weeks ago he and his mother went to St Thomas' church in Winchelsea, East Sussex, and placed an 18-inch angel on a plinth as a temporary headstone.