Lady Edwina Snow, the second daughter of the late Duke of Westminster, led the tributes to her father on Monday at a memorial service held in front of some 1,400 mourners, including Prince Charles and other members of the Royal Family, at Chester Cathedral.

In a deeply personal poem titled: ‘A letter to my father’, Lady Edwina – who is married to TV historian Dan Snow – said of her father: “You taught me so much. Fight for what you believe in. Don’t ever give up.

“If you are knocked down, dust yourself off.....and get back on your feet.”