Peter will say ‘take it easy’ no ructions!’” Joking that the outspoken priest will be rabble-rousing even in heaven, Coulson added: “St. “I would compare him with Elvis,” referring to the American rock and roll star. She first met Tutu, her “rock star,” at the age of 15. “We’ve come to pay our respects,” said Joan Coulson, 70, who with her sister had turned up early in the morning to be the first to enter the church to see the coffin. Hundreds of people have flocked to the cathedral since Sunday – where Tutu served as the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town for a decade until 1996 – to lay flowers and sign a book of condolences. Tutu’s lying in state had been extended to two days “for fear there might be a stampede,” Reverend Gilmore Fry said outside the church waiting for the body to arrive.įollowing a private cremation, Tutu’s ashes will be interred inside his stonewalled former parish – where he preached for many years – and where bells have been ringing in his memory for 10 minutes at midday every day since Monday. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town throughout Thursday and Friday to allow as many people as possible to say their final goodbyes to the much loved clergy and rights advocate.
Tutu will lie in state at the Anglican Church’s St. The tireless spiritual and political leader who died peacefully at 90 on Boxing Day, will be cremated and his ashes buried on New Year’s Day. Tutu’s widow Leah walked slowly behind as the coffin entered the cathedral in the city center. Tutu’s successor, Thabo Makgoba, said a prayer after priests burnt incense over the coffin before it was lifted from the hearse. While the name Margot has been rapidly climbing since actress Margot Robbie appeared in the film ‘The Wolf of Wall Street.’”Īrchie leapt into the top 10 of baby names for boys - likely because Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle chose that name for their firstborn.ĬAPE TOWN: The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu was carried Thursday into a historic cathedral where he once railed against white rule to allow South Africans to bid farewell to the anti-apartheid icon.Ī small bouquet of carnations was placed on top of a simple pine coffin carried by six Anglican priests. Maeve and Otis, characters from the program ‘Sex Education,’ have seen a surge in popularity in 2020. Sian Bradford, a statistics officer at the ONS, said: “Popular culture continues to provide inspiration for baby names, whether it’s characters in our favorite show or trending celebrities. The eldest child of Prince William and Kate Middleton is called George, while the middle name of their third child is Arthur. Other popular names for male British babies included George, Oliver, and Arthur. It is likely that the name is even more popular than the ONS rankings suggest, but the methodology of dividing names based on their spellings makes it unclear exactly how it ranks against other top names. Muslims from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds transliterate the name Muhammad differently into English, but all are named in reverence of Islam’s most loved figure.ĭespite being spelled differently by different groups, the origins and intention behind the naming are likely shared by each culture and ethnicity employing it. All three spellings of the prophet’s name, as well as Yusuf and Ibrahim, have been climbing in popularity consistently since 1996, ONS data shows. Two other Muslim names - Ibrahim and Yusuf - made it into the top 1. Noah, an important figure in all three Abrahamic religions, was the fourth most popular name for male British babies. Mohammed and Mohammad were also among the 100 most popular baby boy names in the UK – ranking 32 and 74 – though neither came close to the Muhammad spelling.
LONDON: Muhammad was the fifth most popular name for male British babies in 2020, the UK’s Office for National Statistics revealed on Monday.
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