Melvyn Bragg led the tributes to Anthony Holden, the writer and journalist, at St Martin-in-theFields. Lord Bragg’s daughter, the Rev Marie-Elsa Roche Bragg, gave the blessing and led the prayers.
A glittering young star of the in Harold Evans’s day, Holden nearly became editor of the . He wrote 37 books, including biographies of Prince Charles, Princess Diana, the Queen Mother and Laurence Olivier and two books on Shakespeare.
