SAINT-TROPEZ, France, Jan 7 - Crowds gathered in the French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez on Wednesday for the funeral of Brigitte Bardot, an icon of French cinema who died last month aged 91.

Bardot's coffin, covered in mostly orange and yellow flowers, was carried into the town's Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church at the start of the funeral service, which was covered live by French news channels.