Thousands of well-wishers lined the streets of south and east London Saturday for the funeral of controversial reality TV star Jade Goody.
The 27-year-old lost a public battle with cervical cancer last month, prompting sympathy and headlines around the world.
Wreaths included one in the shape of a pink heart, another that resembled a blue handbag and another shaped like a camera -- reflecting Goody's love of the limelight.
Wellwishers cheered and threw flowers as the cortege slowly made its way through Bermondsey, south London, where Goody grew up amid deprivation and drug abuse. The cortege then headed for her recent home in an upmarket part of Essex before arriving for the funeral at Buckhurst Hill, on the fringes of the British capital.
Goody had burst into the spotlight in the British version of "Big Brother" in 2002 but attracted global notoriety five years later when she made racist comments -- for which she later apologized -- to Indian actress Shilpa Shetty. Goody's two sons, Bobby, 5, and Freddie, 4, are not expected to attend the service, the Press Association reported. They are believed to have gone to Australia with their father, TV host Jeff Brazier.
