Among the first recipients of a £100m handout from the estate of the philanthropist Julia Rausing is the ballet company she loved best.
The money will go towards upgrades of stage and backstage facilities.
Rausing died three months ago, aged 63. Her widower, Hans, is heir to the Swedish TetraPak fortune.
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