The 27-year-old was laid to rest after a service at St John Baptist church in Buckhurst Hill in Essex, as per her last wishes.

Her funeral attracted international media attention, with cameramen running along the vintage Rolls Royce carrying her coffin, to capture the one perfect shot of the star's last journey.

The mother of two died on 22 March after losing her seven month long public battle with cervical cancer.

Goody's funeral procession began its journey from her childhood home of Bermondsey in the morning and ended at the St John Baptist church.

The TV star wanted her funeral to be "a celebration of her life" and and true to her words, it was far from a solemn occasion as the crowd stood applauding in the rain when her cortege passed by.

"She will have a big smile on her face when she sees what is going on today," Goody's publicist Clifford told reporters.

"In life she loved being loved and it is pretty clear that this is the overwhelming feeling today," Clifford added.

Goody's famous malapropisms, which were once slammed as dumb and ignorant, were turned into floral tributes on her hearse with "East Angular" and "Minging" finding place of prominence while a large pink tribute reading 'Jade from Bermondsey' was placed on the roof of the car.

The cortege had earlier stopped for a few minutes in Bermondsey market where the funeral director released a single white dove into the air, saying it was on behalf of all the people who wanted to say goodbye.

The crowd followed the procession to church and cheered when the coffin was taken out from the car by the pallbearers one of them being Goody's husband Jack Tweed.

Around 40 photographers, cameramen and reporters gathered in a media pen outside the entrance to capture the poignant moments.

Two giant screens were erected to air the service to the crowds outside Husband Jack Tweed was the first to pay tribute to Goody with an emotional ode to Goody, followed by other family members and close friends.