The funeral of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has taken place near her home in Essex.
Ms Millane, 22, went missing from a hostel in New Zealand on December 1 while on a “trip of a lifetime”. Her body was found a week later in the Waitakere Ranges.
Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral at Brentwood Cathedral on Thursday, during what the 22-year-old’s family has called “Grace’s Day”.
The University of Lincoln graduate had been travelling alone in New Zealand for a fortnight when she was killed.
On Wednesday, Miss Millane’s brother Declan posted a touching picture of him with his sister and older brother Michael on Instagram.
He previously paid tribute to his sister online by sharing a sister of them both and captioning it with the lyrics to of You Are My Sunshine
A 26-year-old man has been charged with murder and remains in custody. He will next appear in at Auckland’s High Court on January 23.
