Janey Godley to get Edinburgh send off with hearse travelling through city centre

Comedian Janey Godley is set to receive a special send off in Edinburgh after passing away earlier this month.

A 100-strong female choir and Janey's best friend Shirley Doig are set to walk alongside her hearse through the city centre on a "final tour" of the city Janey loved.

The stand-up comedian sadly died on November 2 after entering palliative care following a battle with ovarian cancer. Janey's final farewell will start on Lawnmarket at 2.30pm on Friday, travelling down the Royal Mile towards St Giles Cathedral.

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A moment for reflection will take place before the choir perform, reports the Record. It comes after Janey's daughter Ashley Storries revealed her mum will be given a huge send off allowing well-wishers to pay their respects.

Janey will pay one last trip to her "beloved Festival Home" before being brought back home to Glasgow.

Ashley, 38, shared the plans on social media, detailing how Janey's farewell will take place on Friday, November 29 and St Andrew's Day, Saturday, November 30.

In a post on Ashley's instagram, she said: "Here's the details of Janey's final tour, thank you for all the love and kindness in this past week. For the past few years of Ma's life, it was important to her that she shared her journey with everyone, to offer support for others on the same path and to highlight the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer - all of course in her very singular Janey style, with laughter and candour.

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"So many of you who have travelled with us on this journey wish to bid her a final farewell, so here's the details of my mum's final tour, in the two cities she loved with all her heart."

From St Giles Cathedral the hearse will then carry on to Cockburn Street, Market Street before heading back to Glasgow. Janey is then set for a St Andrew's Day send-off on Saturday with a service at St Mary's Cathedral on Great Western Road at 10am.

The hearse and coaches will then leave for the crematorium and head along Great Western Road. A private service will be held at the crematorium.

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Rather than flowers, Janey's wishes were for donations to be sent in for the Princess of Wales Hospice, where she spent her final days. Janey also asked for bright colours to be worn by mourners on the day of her funeral.

Janey was surrounded by loved ones when she died earlier this month in a hospice. Janey was best known for her legendary voiceovers of Nicola Sturgeon during the Covid pandemic.