Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey returned to the city today for the funeral of his heroin addict grandson.

He joined hundreds of family and friends at the St Mary Bredin church in Nunnery Fields to remember the life of Simon Day.

The 24-year-old was found slumped in his flat in London Road, Canterbury, on January 2.

The former Archbishop’s School pupil is believed to have suffered a drugs overdose and may have been dead for two days before he was found.

Lord Carey, who now lives in Berkshire with wife Eileen, was said to be "very upset by the death of a dearly loved grandson".

Mr Day was a former pupil of Archbishop's School who later studied at the University of Creative Arts .

He was trying to make a career in the music business and was the lead singer in a local unsigned band called The Liaisons.

Band manager David Stowe-Gaunt, 24, said Simon’s death stunned his close friends, who were unaware he was still taking heroin after a spell in rehab.

He said: “I saw him two hours before it was supposed to have happened and he was so happy and full of life.

“He’d been through rehab and everyone thought he’d conquered his addiction, so his death was even more of a shock to us."

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