Sons 'send messages in a bottle'

Bobby, five, and Freddie, four, did not attend the funeral because they are on holiday in Australia with their father, Jeff Brazier, who also paid tribute to "their one in a million mother".

The three held their own ceremony hours before the funeral on the beach at a private resort near Sydney.

In the letters, published by the News of the World, the boys wrote: "To Mummy, Please speak to God and ask him to make the clouds go away on holiday because we can't see the stars.

"We love you very much and speak about you every day, we know you are with us when we play on the beach, eat our dinner and even when we are colouring in pictures for you, we know we can talk to you and you'll hear us.

"You are always in our thoughts and in our hearts mum, we are proud of you and you'll never to be forgotten."

It ended: "We miss you, love your little men, Bobby and Freddie."

Jade's two sons also drew pictures for her and put them in the bottle which they launched into the ocean, the newspaper reported.

Their father, Mr Brazier, 29, also paid tribute to Jade, saying she gave the couple "the two things that mean the most".

"The boys have amazed me with their strength and you'll always be remembered, as we discussed, you never forget where you're from and the boys will learn so much about love, strength, kindness, self belief, determination and enjoying what you have in life simply from the many stories I have for them about their one in a million mother," he wrote in a letter.