As the sun glazed down Wigan this morning, a carriage being led by two white horses in pink and purple feather boas began to take course down Hindley Green towards St John’s Church.
Followed by hundreds of mourners - all wearing different variations of pink, purple and red accessories - it was a dignified moment for a community that had been touched by the presence of five-year-old Holly Prince.
Young Holly, who had been diagnosed with a rare condition called Bloom Syndrome, died on April 8. In her short life, Holly had gone through not only the difficulties of the syndrome, which can cause immune system deficiencies, but also battled cancer three times.
