There was colour, as requested, plus fine clothes, hopeful faces and joyful music. Camila Batmanghelidjh’s hundreds of mourners may have been a little wary and gloomy packed into Golders Green crematorium, but they didn’t stay that way for long. They were too restless, hopeful and full of mischief.
It was never going to be a drily formal ceremony, even in the elegant north London chapel, and it didn’t take long for spontaneous clapping and cheering to break out. An angry aside at Batmanghelidjh’s treatment by the tabloid press. Anecdotes of kindness and fun. A sing-along to the Beatles’ All You Need Is Love.
