Thousands mourn Jade Goody

After the funeral Goody was to be buried at a family ceremony.

RACIALLY-CHARGED OUTBURST

Initially ridiculed in 2002 for her apparent lack of education -- she thought Saddam Hussein was a boxer and a ferret was a bird -- and criticised for her behaviour towards fellow Big Brother competitors, Goody gradually won the public over.

She went on to become a regular in gossip magazines, wrote an autobiography and launched her own perfume, but her popularity sank in 2007 after racially charged tirades against Indian housemate Shilpa Shetty in Celebrity Big Brother.

Goody's decision to die so publicly, in order to earn as much money as possible for her two sons, saw her popularity broadly restored and won Goody praise from the medical community for encouraging women to come forward for screening.

"It (cervical cancer) is a disease you can prevent and you can detect early and she's helped us reach the very group that don't come forward," Professor Karol Sikora, medical director of CancerPartnersUK, told Sky News.

"That legacy will go on for many years to come."

Media reported that Goody's two sons are on holiday in Australia with their father Jeff Brazier at her request. She married Jack Tweed in February.