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Dame Penelope Keith’s funeral has been hailed as “wonderful, beautiful and absolutely amazing” by her friends.

The actress, who starred in The Good Life and To The Manor Born, “died peacefully whilst living with cancer at her home” on 29 June at the age of 86.

Crowds lined the streets to say their goodbyes to the “very special lady” as her coffin travelled through her home town of Milford in Surrey before the service at Guildford Cathedral.

Broadcaster, writer and former politician Gyles Brandreth said the funeral was “filled with a mixture of sadness but laughter and gratitude as well because we were celebrating a great actress”.

“It was a wonderful way to remember a remarkable person,” he told BBC Radio Surrey.

Posting on X later, he said: “There was laughter and tears at Guildford Cathedral this morning – a truly beautiful and deeply moving funeral service for Dame Penelope Keith – what a lady and what a perfect service.

“It caught her completely. She was very special.”