Public welcome at Goody funeral

The full details of Jade Goody's funeral have been revealed, including confirmation that the ceremony will be open to the public.

Funeral directors FA Albin of Bermondsey, South London have outlined the order of events for Goody's burial and the procession that will precede it.

The statement read: "Jade has now been in our care since Sunday morning. Simon spent most of the day with her family yesterday, making preliminary arrangements, and a date of Saturday 4th April has been fixed.

"The family wish the service to be a grand celebration of her life with music chosen specially by Jade and with tributes led by close friends and family."

Goody's coffin will be carried by the company's vintage Rolls hearse followed by a cortege of four Daimler limousines and Goody's favourite car, a Bentley.

The funeral procession will travel down Southwark Park Road, through the Dickens Estate where Goody grew up, over Tower Bridge and through Loughton High Street to St John The Baptist Church in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.

A public address system will be used to broadcast the midday service to fans outside the building, while proceedings will also be screened on a large screen inside the church hall.

Following the service, the procession will move to a private burial ground to allow Goody's family to say their last goodybes.