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00:00 Her name is immortalised in the world's most iconic handbag.
00:05 Here in Paris, outside the home that Jane Birkin shared with French music icon Serge
00:10 Gainsbourg, both English and French fans gather to mourn her.
00:15 "Jane embodied precisely everything that I love, which is to say a mix of England and
00:22 France, with a double glance, with chic, with a perfect accent."
00:26 "It represents a part of France, a part of French history, so yes we're very sad to hear
00:32 this news."
00:33 "There was something about her that touched the French spirit that was also very French,
00:39 it's very hard to articulate but you feel it when you see it."
00:43 Though Birkin was British born, she lived in and became a style icon in her adopted
00:49 country of France since the 1960s and was considered a timeless francophone icon, with
00:55 even the French president paying tribute to her role.
00:59 "Because she embodied freedom, because she sang the most beautiful words of our language,
01:05 Jane Birkin was a French icon, a complete artist. Her voice was as sweet as her engagements
01:11 were fiery. She bequeaths us tunes and images that will never leave us."
01:17 Remembered as France's favourite petite anglaise, Birkin is survived by her two daughters, Charlotte
01:23 Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lu Duoyon.
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