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Amid all the hoopla, anguish and drama of Michael Jackson's funeral yesterday, one key question remains. There in the centre of proceedings at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, as some of the world's biggest stars poured their hearts out and his eternally mysterious children appeared in public for the first time, was the glittering gold coffin, spectacularly draped in flowers. But was the pop superstar's body actually inside?

The family and 100 close friends of the singer had made the emotional journey across town on Tuesday morning, to the Hall of Liberty at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The snaking cavalcade of five black Rolls-Royces, three Cadillac Escalades and ten identical Range Rovers ventured high into the Hollywood Hills, we presumed, to say their last goodbye. Jackson was expected to be buried at the site, alongside his beloved grandmother Martha Bridges. However, this did not happen.

Under an hour later, the party departed, with nine pallbearers, trussed-up in black suits, red and gold ties and one white glove carrying the coffin back into a waiting hearse. US media reports claim the cemetery was a "temporary" home for the body, which then seemingly moved onto the memorial service. So what now? Could the Jackson family be persisting in their plan to take Michael home to Neverland for a final time? State laws ban burials outside of graveyards but the ashes could be scattered or his body placed in a mausoleum on the Santa Barbara ranch, creating the world's greatest monument to a pop star. Watch this space...

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