Family and friends of the nurse who was found dead after taking a hoax call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge have gathered for her funeral in a small town in India.
Mother-of-two Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found hanged in her living quarters at London's King Edward VII's Hospital on December 7.
Indian-born Ms Saldanha is due to be buried at a cemetery in Shirva, near Mangalore, after the funeral in the Catholic parish church.
The funeral will take place at Our Lady of Health Church Ms Saldanha's husband Benedict Barboza and their two children Junal and Lisha arrived in India on Sunday with her body, having flown from London after a memorial mass in Westminster Cathedral on Saturday.
After prayers at her mother-in-law's house, the coffin was taken to Our Lady of Health Church for people to pay their respects.
Shirva is her husband's home town. Several of Ms Saldanha's relatives, including her frail mother, live in Mangalore. Ms Saldanha moved to Britain about 12 years ago with her husband.
Ms Saldanha's coffin arrives in Mangalore Following Saturday's service, her family paid an emotional tribute to a "kind-hearted, generous and well-respected woman".
Mr Barboza said: "My wife, you were the light in my darkness, who always showed me the way forward.
"From the day we met, you always stood by me in times of hardship and happiness. I feel a part of me has been ripped out."
Ms Saldanha's 14-year-old daughter said: "We will miss your laughter, the loving memories and the good times we had together. The house is an empty dwelling without your presence.
Ms Saldanha's family paid an emotional tribute to her "We are shattered and there's an unfillable void in our lives."
Her son, 16, said: "Our mother, kind hearted, generous and a well-respected woman in both of our lives. You were the core of the family who kept us together."
Standing outside Westminster Cathedral alongside their local MP Charlotte Leslie and her fellow MP Keith Vaz, who has been campaigning on behalf of the family, Mr Barboza said they "could not have foreseen the unprecedented tragedy that has unfolded in our lives".
A candle-lit vigil for Mrs Saldhana in Mangalore at the weekend Memorial services have already been held at the hospital where Ms Saldanha worked and in Bristol where her husband and children live.
Three days before Ms Saldanha died she had transferred a phone call from two Australian DJs, believing they were the Queen and Prince of Wales, to a nursing colleague who described in detail the condition of the Duchess during her hospital stay for severe morning sickness.
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