Dogs and their house owners lined the streets for the funeral procession of Paul O’Grady – TV star, LGBTQ campaigner and animal lover.
A non-public funeral for O’Grady, who died on 28 March, will comply with the procession by way of the village of Aldington in Kent.
Dogs from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home will kind a guard of honour for the service, recognising his intensive work as an envoy for the charity.
Some canines could possibly be seen sporting jackets figuring out them as being from the house, with the phrase “rescue is best”, as mourners gathered on Thursday.
O’Grady rehomed 5 canines from Battersea whereas he filmed Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs and greater than £270,000 has been raised for the charity since his demise.
Crowds gathered within the village, the place O’Grady lived for greater than 20 years, from mid-morning on Thursday.
Many introduced their canines. One pup in a pram had a photograph of O’Grady with a canine with the message “Thank you”.
Others wore T-shirts that includes footage of canines.
Pupils from Aldington Primary School displayed a collage of canine drawings they’d carried out inside a big coronary heart.
A bake sale was being organised outdoors the Walnut Tree pub with proceeds going to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.
O’Grady, who rose to fame as his drag alter ego Lily Savage earlier than happening to host a string of tv programmes, died “unexpectedly but peacefully” at his house on 28 March on the age of 67.
Source: information.sky.com”