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Philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter donated an astounding £250,000 to the Daily Mail s Remember Me campaign yesterday – taking the total raised soaring above £1million.
The retail entrepreneur said he and his family were honoured to support the national memorial to the victims of the Covid pandemic at St Paul s.
The Hunter family s generous donation means that more than £610,000 has been raised in just seven days since the Mail launched the campaign last weekend.
Combined with the funds already collected by the cathedral itself, more than £1million has been pledged towards the £2.3million needed to build the memorial.
Sir Tom, 60, said his family wanted to donate to commemorate the thousands killed by the virus.