Relatives decry undertakers’ Valentine’s cards sent to care home residents

Whitegates Care Centre defends distributing the funeral directors’ cards, described by one relative as ‘appalling’

A firm of funeral directors sent Valentine’s Day cards to residents of a care home, in what has been described as an “appalling stunt” that the undertakers have admitted was “misjudged”.

The cards sent to Whitegates Care Centre in Surrey were decorated with a red heart and a pink bow, the Sun reported, and bore the words: “Sent with love from T.H. Sanders & Sons.”