Nelson Mandela memorial service held at Westminster Abbey

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was among the speakers at the service, as Nicholas Witchell reports

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A memorial service to celebrate the life of former South African President Nelson Mandela has taken place at Westminster Abbey in London.

The service was attended by up to 2,000 people including Prince Harry, David Cameron, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and South Africa's deputy president.
Earlier, the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, announced a memorial stone to honour Mr Mandela would be placed in the abbey.
Mr Mandela died aged 95 in December.

At the scene: Daniela Relph

Nelson Mandela is the first non-Briton to be honoured with a thanksgiving service on this scale at Westminster Abbey.
He had described London as the second headquarters of the anti-apartheid movement - such was the level of campaigning here.
The thanksgiving service mixed the traditional British with the distinctly African.
David Cameron gave one of the readings, while Archbishop Desmond Tutu delivered the address.
A section of Mr Mandela's presidential inauguration speech was also played to the abbey.
It had been hoped the South African guests here would be led by President Jacob Zuma but he cancelled last week.
He spent the weekend at the wedding of Robert Mugabe's daughter in Zimbabwe.

South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid hero led the country's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after spending 27 years in prison for his political activities.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate became one of the world's most revered statesmen after preaching reconciliation.
Archbishop Tutu told the congregation there was worldwide veneration of Mr Mandela following his death because he had made everyone believe in peace.
"He made us believe that all, each one of us, we are made of goodness," he said.
"We are made for caring, we are made for loving, we are made for compassion, we are made for laughter, for peace."
Archbishop Tutu thanked those who supported the anti-apartheid movement.
He said Mr Mandela had been "appalled" by the apartheid system that spawned signs in South Africa reading: "Drive carefully - natives cross here."

Archbishop Tutu thanked international anti-apartheid campaigners

"Without the anti-apartheid movement, without you extraordinary human beings, Mandela could so easily have died in prison," Archbishop Tutu said.
"Wonderfully, exhilaratingly, the entire world glued to its TV sets watched as this man emerged from 27 years of incarceration."
The service was attended by royalty, politicians and celebrities, including actor Idris Elba who starred as Mr Mandela in the film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

The Soweto Gospel Choir travelled from South Africa to take part in the service

Earlier, setting out plans for the memorial stone, Dr Hall described Mr Mandela as "one of the most remarkable world leaders of the last century".
He said: "His remarkable constancy under suffering stand as an example to everyone.
"In addition, his capacity for forgiveness and his generosity of spirit show what humanity at its best can achieve.
"His memorial in Westminster Abbey, justified in itself, standing amongst memorials to many of the greatest men and women of the world, not all of them British, will also prove to be a focus of contemplation and prayer for the gift of forgiveness and reconciliation in many communities and places in our troubled world."
Mr Mandela visited the abbey in July 1996 when, during a state visit, he laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

Mr Mandela’s daughters Zindzi and Zenani Mandela were among those attending the thanksgiving

Former UK prime ministers Sir John Major and Gordon Brown were among the congregation