United Kingdom, Sept. 6 -- Kate Beckinsale found saying goodbye to her mother "the hardest thing" she has ever done.

The 51-year-old actress' mom Judy Loe passed away in July after battling stage four cancer, and the Shooting Fish actress has taken to Instagram to share photos from the "celebration of life" she organised in honour of her beloved parent and praised the outpouring of love shown on the day.

Kate - who has 26-year-old daughter Lily with former partner Michael Sheen - wrote on Instagram: "Dearest Mama, The fact that you have had to have a funeral at all is wrong and ludicrous . You are the biggest lover of life, the most energetic, the most vital , the most joyous.

"The only mandate you gave me over the years was that you w...