The streets were lined for the funeral of Willy Collins, the King of Sheffield.The streets were lined for the funeral of Willy Collins, the King of Sheffield.
The streets were lined for the funeral of Willy Collins, the King of Sheffield.

City comes to standstill for traveller funeral of 'King of Sheffield' PICTURE GALLERY

Sheffield came to a standstill this morning for the lavish funeral of a man dubbed ‘The King of Sheffield.’

Former bare knuckle boxer Willy Collins, 49, was laid to rest in an elaborate traveller funeral that attracted hundreds of mourners and included a gold casket topped with a crown, 40 Rolls Royce cars, bikers, Irish flags, a huge American truck, smoke bombs and plumed horses.

Mr Collins, who died suddenly in Spain last month, took one final tour of the streets of Darnall and Pitsmoor in a white carriage, pulled by six horses bedecked with feathers before being laid to rest in a 22 carat gold plated coffin at Shiregreen Cemetery in a tiled plot lined with images of the Last Supper.

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