Politicians, trade unionists and anti-war campaigners gathered in Westminster for the funeral of veteran Labour politician Tony Benn.
After lying in rest at the Palace of Westminster's Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, the left-wing campaigner's coffin was carried by his sons and grandsons into St Margaret's church.
Born Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn in London on 3 April 1925, Tony Benn served as an MP for 47 years. He died on 14 March 2014 at the age of 88.
A mourner holds a photograph of Tony Benn as he attends the veteran Labour politician's funeral at St Margaret's Church in WestminsterAFPTony Benn's sons Stephen and Hillary help to carry their father's coffin into Saint Margaret's Church in WestminsterReutersA woman raises her fist in salute as Tony Benn's coffin is carried into the grounds of Westminster AbbeyGettyThose who paid their respects to Tony Benn at his funeral included Ed Miliband and his wife Justine Thornton, Labour MP Dame Margaret Beckett and Conservative MP Andrew MitchellAFPGeorge Galloway MP and former London mayor Ken LivingstoneAFPVeteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner and former president of National Union of Mineworkers Arthur ScargillReuters / AFPGerry Adams, president of the Irish republican party Sinn Fein, and Martin McGuinness, deputy first minister of Northern IrelandAFPShadow chancellor Ed Balls and former Conservative cabinet minister Michael HeseltineGettyCherie Blair,, wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair, and Alastair Campbell, former Labour Party director of communicationsAFP / ReutersA cap covered in campaign badges is seen outside the churchAFPTony Benn's coffin is carried past Trade Union bannersAFPTony Benn's sons and grandsons carry his coffin out of St Margaret's Church following his funeralGetty
