Praise for TV star's £1m in charity gifts

DAME Patricia Routledge donated more than £1m to charity, her funeral heard.

- by JENNY GARNSWORTHY and STANLEY MURPHY-JOHNS

Hundreds of mourners celebrated the Keeping Up Appearances star's life at Chichester Cathedral in West Sussex yesterday.

Dame Patricia, who played the hilariously snobbish character Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom, died last month at the age of 96.