Overview
- A religious ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at Église Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, with the service broadcast on outdoor screens and a public homage afterward for residents and admirers.
- Bardot will be interred privately at the cimetière marin of Saint-Tropez, where her parents are buried, rather than at her La Madrague property she once cited.
- President Emmanuel Macron will not attend the funeral after the Élysée’s proposal for a formal homage was not taken up by the family.
- Political reactions remain split over a state honor, and Marine Le Pen’s entourage confirms she will attend the ceremony in Saint-Tropez.
- The Fondation Brigitte Bardot is coordinating legacy matters with local authorities arranging a condolence register and public access, as her husband urges creation of a state secretariat for animal welfare.