By Ninder Kaur
Hundreds gathered to pay their respects to singer and TV presenter Cilla Black at her funeral in Liverpool.
People applauded and threw flowers as her funeral cortege made its way to St Mary’s RC Church.
Sir Cliff Richard was amongst many people to show his respects to the Liverpool legend. He also performed the song Faithful One at the funeral.
Two of Cilla’s sons Robert and Ben gave readings.They were joined by TV stars Paul O’Grady, Jimmy Tarbuck and Christopher Biggins who also had a few words to say about their dear friend.
Other guests included Andrew Lloyd Webber, Carol Vorderman and Sir Tom Jones.
Cilla died of a stroke after falling over at her Spanish home earlier this month at the age of 72.