The 72-year-old was overcome with grief as she emerged from a van to see the wealth of tributes that had been left for her legendary heavy metal singer husband.

Sharon Osbourne, 72, laid a wreath at the Black Sabbath bench where tributes have been left

The 72-year-old was overcome with grief as she emerged from a van to see the wealth of tributes that had been left for her legendary heavy metal singer husband.

Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon Osbourne broke in tears during her husband's funeral proceedings in England, surrounded by the couple's children.

A tearful Sharon Osbourne accompanies Ozzy's coffin through Birmingham, watched by a large crowd.

Sharon Osbourne and couple’s children join mourners as singer’s hearse is driven through birthplace of heavy metal

The Black Sabbath frontman is being buried in a freshly dug grave close to the lake at the heart of the sprawling 250-acre property near Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.