George Michael's funeral delayed as body has yet to be released by coroner


The mystery surrounding George Michael 's death draws as as a coroner wait for the important results from toxicology tests.
Waiting for the results means that the inquest into the star's death - as well as his funeral - has been delayed, it was announced today.
Hundreds of floral tributes and trinkets that were left outside his countryside mansion have been lovingly moved to a grassy verge with a sign posted on the front door requesting that gifts were not blocking the entrance.
Senior coroner for Oxfordshire, Darren Salter, has yet to open an inquest into the pop star's death on Christmas Day and Thames Valley Police have said they were still awaiting the results of toxicology tests on his body organs to ascertain if drug ingestion had played a factor in the singer's death.
Speculation has mounted that the 53-year-old, who was known to have used crack cocaine and heroin in the past, may have turned to narcotics in his final days.
Police said the death was still being treated as "non-suspicious" although interviews have been carried out in the weeks since, with his Australian boyfriend Fadi Fawaz spoken to twice.
A funeral cannot take place until George's body has been released by the coroner, following the opening of the inquest and it was not yet known whether it would take place at the quaint parish church beside his riverside house in Goring-on-Thames, Oxon, or in London, where he also had a home in Highgate.
Today tourists and fans continued to snap selfies outside their idol's home, and a wall beside the house was lined with scented candles and tributes.
Fading bouquets that lined the grassy verge beside his house were moved from where they had blocked the entrance in the initial days after the death.
Metallic balloons and laminated messages and photos from around the world were still accumulating as devotees paid tribute to the Greek singer, who rose to fame with Wham! before launching a solo career.
Fading bouquets that lined the grassy verge beside his house were moved from where they had blocked the entrance in the initial days after the death.
Metallic balloons and laminated messages and photos from around the world were still accumulating as devotees paid tribute to the Greek singer, who rose to fame with Wham! before launching a solo career.

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