Ashley Cain and his partner Safiyya Vorajee broke down in tears during their baby daughter Azaylia’s funeral procession on Friday morning, after she tragically died last month following a brave battle with cute myeloid leukaemia.
Crowds lined the streets in Nuneaton’s town centre as the eight-month-old was given a beautiful send off in a white horse-drawn carriage, ahead of her private service.
The couple, who had documented their daughter’s fight against leukaemia on social media, named her funeral ‘Azaylia Day’, and previously asked for her supporters to come outside to pay their respects to their little girl.
Earlier this week, Safiyya said she was touched when she saw residents had decorated the streets with orange ribbon after she released details of the funeral procession.
Azaylia was diagnosed with the rare and aggressive cancer when she was just two-months-old, after being turned away by doctors three times.
She spent the majority of her life in hospital, undergoing four rounds of chemotherapy and stem cell treatment.