Under the government licence, overseen by the Ministry of Justice, the authority to make the decision over where his remains are re-interred rests with the university.

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Few details of a reburial ceremony have been announced but David Montieth, Leicester Cathedral canon chancellor, said the remains would be re-interred early next year in a Christian-led but ecumenical service.

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