Mourners gather for Ann Widdecombe’s funeral

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1. Wed, 12 August 2026

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   • newarkadvertiser.co.uk00:45first to report
     Mourners gather for Ann Widdecombe’s funeral

     Her funeral service is taking place later at the Catholic abbey where she regularly worshipped

   • el-balad.com09:45
     Buckfast Abbey holds Ann Widdecombe Funeral requiem mass

     Ann Widdecombe funeral service is held this week at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, with a private requiem mass and a later public memorial.

   • aol.co.uk11:47
     Mourners arrive for Ann Widdecombe’s funeral

     Mourners have started to arrive at the funeral service of former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe. Family, friends and colleagues are gathering at Buckfast Abbey in Devon , a Catholic abbey where she regularly worshipped. Mourners could be seen wearing black as they arrived at the requiem mass – a Catholic service where prayers are offered for the soul of the dead – for the former MP, who later became a Reform UK spokeswoman. Miss Widdecombe, 78, died on July 8 after she was hit over the...

   • The Guardian World17:21
     Politicians among mourners at funeral service for Ann Widdecombe

     Family, friends and colleagues attend service at Buckfast Abbey, which former MP described as her ‘safe haven’ About 100 family, friends and colleagues of Ann Widdecombe have attended a funeral service for the former Conservative minister, who was killed in her home in Devon last month. Politicians and broadcasters were among the mourners at Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, a Catholic abbey in Devon where Widdecombe regularly worshipped and which she described as her “safe haven”. Continue...