Final trip for Bee Gee’s coffin

Fans of pop star Robin Gibb will be able to pay their final respects when his horse-drawn carriage travels through the town he called home before his funeral.

A service is due to take place tomorrow at St Mary’s Church in Thame, Oxfordshire, close to the property in which the Bee Gees singer lived for many years.

Gibb died from kidney failure last month after fighting cancer and pneumonia and suffering from a serious bowel condition.

His death drew tributes from across the music world but also from politicians including Tony Blair, who was a close friend.

Gibb’s glass-sided carriage, in which his coffin will be visible, will be drawn by four horses.