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Sorrow and laughter for Sir Jack: Pictures inside St Peter's Collegiate Church

Former Wolves owner, Sir Jack Hayward, famous for his passionate support of anything British, was carried to his funeral by a Jaguar hearse, his coffin draped in a Union Flag.

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Baroness Rachael Heyhoe-Flint after the service

650 mourners joined the 91-year-old's friends and family and a clutch of Wolves legends, inside St Peter's Collegiate Church, with around 250 fans present after a ballot.

Club chaplain Rev David Wright, who lead the service, said Sir Jack had organised much of it before his death.

He added: "He chose all the music, he chose virtually all of the readings. He really had a hand in his own celebration of his life.

"All those who were diminished by Sir Jack's passing have been enriched by his living.

"It is a time for a family, a club, a city, for all of us to say goodbye but also to say thank you."

Sir Jack's son Jonathan thanked those who had gathered in the streets and read the Rudyard Kipling poem 'If', while Sir Jack's other son Rick read The Soldier by Rupert Brooke.

Led Zeppelin legend and lifelong Wolves fan Robert Plant read the William Blake poem 'The Tyger' as part of the church service.

The rock frontman told the congregation: "He was a force, indeed a vivid and enquiring mind, full of kindness and humour. He was candid and a dauntless figure.

"It was his spirit that impressed me most."

The most emotional reading came from Sir Jack's friend and Wolves vice-president Baroness Rachael Heyhoe Flint.

She said: "Whenever he missed a home game he called me for all the details.

"'What was the attendance' was always the first question, today I think I could tell him this is a full house.

"His memory will live on through his tremendous work to support causes he was passionate about."

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