Friends and family gather for Lynda Bellingham funeral
Friends and family have gathered for the funeral of actress and TV presenter Lynda Bellingham, who died from cancer last month.
Friends and family have gathered for the funeral of actress and TV presenter Lynda Bellingham, who died from cancer last month.
Among the showbiz stars gathering for the funeral were Loose Women Coleen Nolan, Jane McDonald, Andrea McLean and Kate Thornton, as well as Julia Sawalha, Coronation Street's Helen Worth, Robert Lindsay, Giles Brandreth and Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes.
Also attending was her screen husband from the hit Oxo adverts, Michael Redfern. The actress, who died of cancer last month, was 66.
A poignant letter Lynda Bellingham wrote to her two sons was read out by the pair at her funeral service in Somerset today.
ITV News readers have called for the return of the popular Oxo ad series this Christmas as a tribute following Lynda Bellingham's death.
The former panellist and Oxo mum made a final, moving return to the show earlier this month - in which she received a rapturous response.