'He’d hate it if everyone was morose'
Paul O'Grady gave his family and friends one order for his funeral - and that was to have a laugh. One of the TV legend's best pals, Amanda Mealing, said: "He just told us to have a good time. He’d hate it if everyone was morose.”
She said: "There may be two funerals. A small private one and a big one in a very grand place for those outside the family. I would think it’ll be in London. Amanda was pals with Paul for 35 years and lovingly called him Savage, a nickname after his drag queen alter-ego Lily Savage. “On the first day we were all just wandering around numb and then yesterday I spent the entire day doing flower arrangements. There were so many flowers and gifts from people. Someone sent a video of a really beautiful send-off at the Vauxhall Tavern [the iconic London venue].
Amanda spoke to Paul, who was also the godfather to her sons Milo and Otis, on the phone days before he died. She said: “He was feeling great. She continued: “He got absolutely everything he could out of it and that is wonderful. He lived 67 lives with the adventures he created in his life and the things he did and the places he would go. He did everything he could and he never had regrets. He said: ‘What’s the point? It’s done now. There’s no point regretting anything’. I said to Andre yesterday: ‘This could have happened with him alone in a hotel room on tour somewhere obscure.
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