Funeral wil be a 'Jade production'
JADE’S funeral will be a “Jade Goody Production” her publicist Max Clifford said, giving both the public and her family a chance to say goodbye.
The star is said to have meticulously planned the event, which is likely to take place in the next 10 days, intending it to be a celebration of her life.
Mr Clifford said: “It will be very much a Jade Goody Production with Jade doing her own thing her own way.”
He said that Jade had originally given the job of planning the funeral to one of her bridesmaids. “But within a minute she was saying she didn’t want that and she did want this and how she wanted it to be. It will be a celebration, but of course there will be a lot of tears.”
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He said the reality TV star had chosen undertakers from Bermondsey in London, “because she was always a Bermondsey girl”.
The cortege will pass through the town of Loughton in Essex with opportunities for well-wishers to gather en route.
The service will take place at Jade’s local church, St John the Baptist in Buckhurst, Essex, with music picked by her mother, Jackiey Budden.
Although only friends and family will be allowed inside, the event may be relayed on outdoor screens for members of the public.
Family friend and photographer Danny Hayward said that the funeral would be an “open” affair. “Her wishes were that everybody who wanted to could come,”
he said.
The star is said to have opted to be buried in the Epping Forest Burial Park at the centre of the 6,000-acre forest.