France, Jan. 7 -- The animal rightsactivist and far-right supporter died on 28 December age 91 at her home in southern France.

Her husband, Bernard d'Ormale, said in an interview with Paris Match magazine on Tuesday that she had died from cancer after undergoing two operations. "She was conscious and concerned about the fate of animals until the very end," he said.

Residents and admirers applauded the funeral convoy as her coffin, covered in mostly orange and yellow flowers, was carried through the narrow streets of Saint-Tropez and into the town's Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church on Wednesday morning, at the start of the funeral service.

Inside the church, a black and white picture of Bardot hugging a baby seal was on display, with t...