Held at Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce, the service brought together the far-right leader's family and National Rally officials — all protected by tight security.
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00:00Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony in central Paris for the founder of France's
00:07main far-right party, Jean-Maurice Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96.
00:14The mass took place under tight security as Le Pen was a polarizing figure, convicted
00:19multiple times of anti-Semitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence.
00:28Many members, including his daughter Marine Le Pen, who is now the leading far-right figure
00:32in France, other National Rally Party officials and long-standing supporters, gathered inside
00:37the church.
00:43Le Pen will be buried at a private funeral ceremony on Saturday in his home region of
00:47Brittany.