There's no eclipsing Tyler's star talent - after a career that spanned 50 years the Welsh icon worked with some of the best in the business and has billions of streams to prove it.

Hundreds of fans, from across the globe, lined the streets earlier as her funeral took place, with people singing and cheering as her coffin went past.

At the service she was remembered as "a star, but never a diva".

Following that, her coffin was taken to her hometown of Skewen for a private family ceremony after the 75-year-old died on 8 July.

She conquered the music world - but Tyler will always be remembered as the Welsh star who wasn't holding out for a hero, but became one to millions herself.

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Meleri Williams
Reporting from Skewen

The community of Skewen came together in their hundreds to say a final farewell to Bonnie.

The pubs overflowed and crowds cheered and threw flowers at the hearse, as family members waved from the cars that followed.

There were some tears, but a real sense of celebration too.

Everyone here has a story about Gaynor, as they knew her, and they’re very proud to call her one of their own.

Oscar Edwards
Reporting from Swansea

It’s been a day filled with emotion and song here at Swansea Minster as Bonnie Tyler’s funeral service took place.

It’s not often that people will clap and sing along on a day like this, but that is indicative of the impact the singer had on their lives.

The love for her as an artist seemed to span through generations as I met countless people in attendance who had grown up hearing her music played by parents and grandparents.

There is no doubt Swansea has lost an icon but the city did her proud today, and I’m sure her classics will be played long into the night as people raise a glass to the Welsh icon.

Some of Tyler's family members have laid floral tributes in Swansea, including one of her sisters and her niece.

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A Portugal flag has been laid outside the church, a country close to the singer’s heart for decades.

Talent scout Roger Bell told her funeral that she loved the country - where she had a home - and made sure her guests did too.

She died there last month after having treatment for an illness.

Oscar Edwards
Reporting from Swansea

People have been given the chance to take pictures with the heart-warming messages left by her family on floral wreaths near the entrance of the church in Swansea, now the service has concluded.

Front and centre, of course, is one with the words of her global hit Total Eclipse of the Heart.

Oscar Edwards
Reporting from Swansea

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David Fortey is part of Only Men Aloud - the choir that sang at Tyler’s funeral.

He says it was a “beautiful” and “incredibly emotional” day. “Everything that Bonnie Tyler achieved in her life and career has brought people together today.

“The atmosphere inside the church was very emotional. We could hear everyone outside the church singing along.

“The power of music brought everyone together.”

Meleri Williams
Reporting from Skewen

The coffin carrying Tyler's body is now arriving in her hometown of Skewen, to cheers and singing, after a short drive from Swansea.

Meleri Williams
Reporting from Skewen

Ian Figgins, 76, worked in the butcher shop in Skewen when Bonnie Tyler worked across the road in a grocery shop in the 1960s.

He says they used to have “banter” across the street and adds she was "very bubbly".

Oscar Edwards
Reporting from Swansea

Gemma Baker, from Swansea, says she is "not surprised" that the whole city has come out to pay their respects today.

"It's been quite emotional really, but it's lovely to see the whole of Swansea come and celebrate her.

"She should be celebrated."

The 40-year-old says she has always loved Tyler's music, adding that her mother, father and grandmother all used to play her music.

"She's a treasure."

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The memorial service at Swansea Minster has now finished and a hearse carrying her body in a coffin will drive to nearby Skewen.

A private ceremony will then take place in the village, where she was born in 1951.

The service earlier heard poignant and touching tributes from her live tour manager Matthew Davies and talent scout Roger Bell.

Welsh choir Only Men Aloud sang Bridge Over Troubled Water and Total Eclipse of the Heart and Mary Hopkin's 1969 hit Those Were The Days was played.

About 1,000 fans gathered on the streets outside the church to watch her enter and leave, cheering and singing.

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Bonnie died on 8 July at a hospital in Portugal, weeks after being admitted for emergency intestinal surgery, and was placed in an induced coma to aid her recovery.

After finding fame she was dubbed the "the female Rod Stewart" for her husky vocals, and went on to enjoy worldwide success in a career spanning 50 years.

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Following the conclusion of the service at Swansea Minster, Tyler's coffin is carried out past her fans before it will be taken to her hometown of Skewen.

Robert Sullivan, Tyler's husband, waves to mourners as he departs her funeral service at Swansea Minster.

He met the singer in The Townsman in 1969, with Tyler calling him "her soulmate".

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Reporting from Swansea

With the funeral service over, guests have begun filing out before heading to Tyler's hometown of Skewen.

“We love you, Bonnie,” shout her fans, with many still gathered around the church.

Bonnie stated in interviews that the song she wanted played at her funeral was Mary Hopkin's 1969 hit Those Were The Days - a track Tyler performed in a talent completion in Skewen.

Hopkin and Tyler both grew up near each other in Wales.

Tyler said a reason she changed her name was to avoid confusion between the two as she rose to fame.

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As Tyler's coffin is raised to end the service, Those Were The Days by Mary Hopkin and Making Love Out Of Nothing by Bonnie Tyler are played.

The first of these was the song a young Gaynor won £1 for singing in a competition at a rugby club.

A choir is now singing Calon Lân, a famous traditional Welsh hymn, which translates as a pure heart.

Before final prayers, Davies says: "To love someone is to risk the pain of parting.

"Not to love is never to have lived. The grief that so many now experience is the honouring of that love."

After that stirring rendition of Total Eclipse of the Heart, Davies says: "To all who have loved Gaynor and all she loved, may they be able to grieve now."

He then leads the congregation in a reading of the Lord's Prayer.

Only Men Aloud sing Bonnie's most famous song: Total Eclipse of the Heart.

The song topped the charts globally, including reaching the UK Singles Chart as number one.

It sold more than 13 million copies across the world and has generated more than a billion digital streams.

Only Men Aloud collaborated with Bonnie several times and sang Total Eclipse of the Heart together.

Tour manager Matthew Davies says he was asked to keep his eulogy short, but "how can I possibly celebrate a life as big and as well lived as Bonnie's in under 10 minutes?"

He says he met Tyler nearly 40 years ago in north London and she was "nervous" about the adventure the two were about to embark upon.

"Little did I know at the time that she was to become the biggest part of my life for the next 39 years."

He says Bonnie performed all over the world across, in the "six inhabited Continents and in all four hemispheres".

He says she "would've played in the Antarctic too if that opportunity were actually possible".