Overview
- An invite-only Mass began at 11 a.m. at Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, with about 400 guests from the family and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation.
- The procession led to a strictly private burial in the cimetière marin, after the town broadcast the service on large screens for the public.
- Bernard d’Ormale said the family chose the cemetery over Bardot’s long-stated wish for La Madrague because a gravesite at the villa would be unmanageable for the town.
- The Foundation requested simple, colorful wildflowers with no roses and dark attire, reflecting Bardot’s lifelong animal advocacy.
- Notable attendees included Aurore Bergé, Marine Le Pen, Paul Watson and Mireille Mathieu, and the town hosted a later public tribute as hotels filled and fans crowded the streets.