Brigitte Bardot's son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier (L) walks in the cortege behind the hearst transporting the coffin of his mother towards the marine cemetery, following the funeral ceremony for late French actress Brigitte Bardot at Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church, in Saint-Tropez, southeastern France, on January 7, 2026. French film sensation Brigitte Bardot, a symbol of sexual liberation in the 1950s and 1960s who reinvented herself as an animal rights defender and embraced far-right views, died on Decmber 28, 2025 aged 91. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)