Decorative urn taken from Dame Vivienne Westwood's Derbyshire grave

A decorative planter urn situated astatine the sedate of Dame Vivienne Westwood has been stolen, villagers person said.

Florist Anja Norris has been tending to the sedate each 2 weeks aft being asked by the manner designer's household pursuing her decease successful 2022.

She said a nonmigratory successful the Derbyshire colony of Tintwistle, wherever Dame Vivienne was born, reported the urn missing to her.

"It's conscionable truthful disrespectful, I anticipation they bring it back," Ms Norris said.

The maestro florist, who runs a concern successful adjacent Glossop, was chosen to plan and marque the floral attachments to the grave.

The theft is thought to person taken spot successful the past 2 weeks. The constabulary person not yet been contacted.

Ms Norris said she was shocked the "very heavy" urn had been taken and a car would person been needed to determination it.

"I can't get my caput astir it, the sedate is precise fashionable with radical and those successful the colony similar to sojourn it to wage their respects," she told the BBC.

"I'm rather taken aback but determination is simply a tiny level of amusement arsenic to wherefore anyone would privation to bash this.

"I'll fto the station [about the disappearance] connected Facebook beryllium for a fewer days earlier I deliberation astir what to bash next."

Dame Vivienne was calved successful the Derbyshire colony successful 1941 earlier moving to London successful 1958.

She went connected to beryllium 1 of Britain's astir recognised manner exports and took connected a bid of causes, campaigning connected issues specified arsenic fracking, clime alteration and atomic limb disarmament.

A memorial astatine Southwark Cathedral successful London successful February was attended by dozens of celebrities, galore donning her pieces successful tribute.

The manner decorator and activistic was laid to remainder astatine a backstage household ceremonial successful the Derbyshire village.

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