Coffin of Janey Godley to tour Edinburgh and Glasgow ahead of funeral

The hearse carrying the coffin of comedian Janey Godley volition question connected a two-day “final tour” of Edinburgh and Glasgow up of her funeral.

Godley, 63, died connected November 2 aft receiving palliative attraction for terminal cancer.

In a station connected societal media, her girl Ashley Storrie said the hearse volition question done Edinburgh, her “beloved festival home”, connected Friday earlier travelling “home to Glasgow”.

The ceremonial volition instrumentality spot astatine St Mary’s Cathedral successful the West End connected Saturday.

Godley, who recovered viral fame with her dubbed parodies of then-Scottish archetypal curate Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus quality briefings during the pandemic, revealed she had ovarian crab successful November 2021.

Despite her diagnosis successful 2021, Godley returned to touring and was fixed the all-clear successful 2022 – but aboriginal that twelvemonth announced different scan had shown signs of the illness successful her abdomen.

However, she said she would proceed touring with her Not Dead Yet gigs.

In 2023, she won the inaugural Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award astatine the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.

In September, she cancelled her autumn circuit aft her signifier 4 ovarian crab returned with what she said were added complications.

Godley died successful the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice successful Glasgow connected November 2.

In the societal media station her daughter, Ashley Storrie, said: “Here’s the details of Janey’s last tour, convey you for each the emotion and kindness successful this past week.

“For the past fewer years of Ma’s life, it was important to her that she shared her travel with everyone, to connection enactment for others connected the aforesaid way and to item the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer – each of people successful her precise singular Janey style, with laughter and candour.

“So galore of you who person travelled with america connected this travel privation to bid her a last farewell, truthful here’s the details of my mum’s last tour, successful the 2 cities she loved with each her heart.”

The hearse volition question on the Royal Mile and Lawnmarket successful Edinburgh – with a “pause for reflection” astatine St Giles’ Cathedral earlier travelling on Cockburn Street, Market Street and connected to Glasgow.

After the ceremonial connected Saturday, determination volition beryllium a backstage work astatine the crematorium.

Ms Storrie said her parent asked that alternatively of accepted ceremonial attire, those who privation to bash truthful should deterioration agleam colours, and that nary flowers beryllium sent but that radical are invited to lend to the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice oregon different charities.

Ms Storrie concluded: “Thanks again everyone for each the emotion and support,” adding it “does assistance truthful much”.

Accepting 2 awards astatine the Scottish Baftas, Ms Storrie said that Godley was “in the country tonight” and that “she’s successful my DNA”.

Ms Storrie added: “She would accidental ‘well done, I’m precise proud’ and past crook astir and accidental ‘that’s my daughter’ and marque it each astir her.”