Mary Berry: It’s morbid but I’ve picked my funeral hymns

DAME Mary Berry says she has chosen the hymns she wants played at her funeral – and has already reserved the site of her grave.

The former Bake Off star, 87, said: ‘It’s a bit morbid to think about a funeral, but I’m not really too bothered because I won’t be here.

‘I have chosen some hymns. I keep everybody else’s funeral sheets and tick the things I like.’

Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival yesterday, Dame Mary told fans she and her husband Paul, 90, have reserved a double grave plot.

It is next to those of Dame Mary’s mother-in-law and the couple’s son, William, who was killed aged 19 in a car accident in 1989.

Dame Mary, pictured, has written more than 80 cookbooks and sold six million copies. Her latest, Cook And Share, is based on her BBC2 series.