Terry Jones' heartbroken Monty Python stars bid farewell to their pal yesterday at a private funeral in north London.

The comic legend died last month aged 77 after a battle with dementia.

He was the second member of Monty Python to pass away following Graham Chapman's death from cancer at the age of 48 in 1989.

Jones was remembered at a funeral service which was infused with comedy as a tribute to the telly star.

During the memorial at Golders Green Crematorium, Jones' coffin was brought in to the tune of How Sweet To Be An Idiot by late Monty Python songwriter Neil Innes.

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According to the Daily Mail, mourners were told: "The only prerequisite Terry had, was that you had to not be boring."

Surviving pythons John Cleese, Sir Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam attended the service and laid flowers with a note referring to his line in their film Life of Brian.

It read: "Terry, Not the Messiah, just a very naughty boy! Love from all your followers, John, Terry G, Eric and Michael."

Remaining python Eric Idle is said to have not been in attendance at the service, which featured tributes from Jones' wife Anna Soderstrom, 36, his children Bill and Sally, and ex-wife Alison Telfer.

Soderstrom told the congregation about Jones' heartbreaking battle with dementia, which robber him of the ability to speak.

She said: "As his speech faded, the layers of social convention disappeared too. But what was left was the real Terry.

"And it was just as nice, just as naughty – maybe naughtier – and just as good-natured and generous as the Terry we have always known."

Michael Palin also spoke at the service, and described his relationship with Jones as "more like a marriage" than a friendship, and actor Richard Ridingsr read an extract from The Diary Of Samuel Pepys.

The funeral was followed by a wake at a pub in Highgate, north London.

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