RICHARD EDEN: Cressida Bonas leads tributes to 'darling sister' Pandora Cooper-Key, after she died aged 51 following 24-year cancer battle By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 18:19 EDT, 20 September 2024 | Updated: 18:31 EDT, 20 September 2024 e-mail View comments Cressida Bonas paid emotional tribute to her 'darling sister' Pandora Cooper-Key at a memorial service on Friday. 'My heart is forever tied to yours,' the actress, 35, said of Pandora, a ceramicist who died in July aged 51 following a 24-year cancer battle. Cressie, a former girlfriend of Prince Harry , was joined at St Luke's church in Chelsea, west London, by Pandora's friends including Queen Camilla 's son, Tom Parker Bowles, and her nephew Sir Ben Elliot.
Wearing a pastel-coloured trouser suit, Cressida read a moving 'letter to Pandora' that she composed after her death. The women's mother, Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon, paid tribute, saying: 'Nobody on Earth who ever met Pandora could help falling in love with her.' Cressida Bonas (right) arrives to Pandora's memorial service in a pastel green trouser suit Cressida (right) read a moving 'letter to Pandora' that she composed after her death Pandora Cooper-Key (left) and Cressida Bonas (right) hug each other at Wimbledon in 2016 Their mother Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon (left) arrived to the service and paid tribute, saying: 'Nobody on Earth who ever met Pandora could help falling in love with her' Cressida Bonas is a former girlfriend of Prince Harry Cressida arrives at St Luke's church in Chelsea, west London for Pandora's memorial service Pandora's father, Esmond Cooper-Key, died in 1985 aged 42.
Read More Cressida Bonas, 35, soaks up the sunshine in a stunning backless dress in Notting Hill Other family members at the service included Pandora's half-sister Isabella Calthorpe, who was joined by her sister-in-law Holly Branson, daughter of Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson . Also there was actress Gabriella Wilde, the Poldark star, whose father, John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, is an ex-husband of Pandora's mother, Lady Mary-Gaye. One of Pandora's friends, Serena Cook, amused the congregation with tales from their travels through Latin America.
She said: 'Pandora's creativity [was] always present as she redecorated backpacker hostels entirely with her distinctive style.' Serena added: 'We stole watermelons from a field in Nicaragua, scrambling up a tree in absolute hysterics. 'We got chased by a furious farmer.
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