Charlie Gard will be buried with his cuddly toy monkeys as his parents prepare for the agonising task of arranging his funeral

Charlie Gard, who died on Friday after his parents’ heart-breaking battle to keep him alive, will be buried with his favourite cuddly toys.

His death, a week before his first birthday, ended months of turmoil in which Connie Yates and Chris Gard fought for treatment they hoped would save him.

Mr Gard poignantly brought one of his son’s two toy monkeys to each court appearance during their battle.

This was so ‘we always had a little part of Charlie with us’, Miss Yates said. The desperately ill baby had already survived three plans for his life support to be removed

But on Friday, his breathing tube was finally withdrawn at a hospice following his transfer from Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Alison Smith-Squire, spokesman for the family, said: ‘Chris and Connie spent the weekend quietly with close family. They face the anguish of registering Charlie’s death.

‘After that they will begin the agonising task of arranging his funeral. They haven’t finalised any funeral plans yet.

‘But they have already decided Charlie will be buried with his beloved toy monkeys.’

Miss Yates said: ‘We should be planning Charlie’s first birthday but instead we’re planning his funeral.’ 

She had earlier revealed there were two toy monkeys – ‘so he was never without his special toy’. 

The first footage of the parents taken from inside a court has also been released.

The hearing from June 8, published by the Supreme Court, shows Mr Gard clutching the toy monkey as he sits next to Miss Yates. Their faces show the strain they are enduring as they watch lawyers arguing about their son. 

In April, at an emotional hearing at the High Court to decide Charlie’s fate, Mr Gard, 33, hurled his son’s cuddly toy on to a bench in exasperation.

But on Friday, his breathing tube was finally withdrawn at a hospice following his transfer from Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Alison Smith-Squire, spokesman for the family, said: ‘Chris and Connie spent the weekend quietly with close family. They face the anguish of registering Charlie’s death.

‘After that they will begin the agonising task of arranging his funeral. They haven’t finalised any funeral plans yet.

‘But they have already decided Charlie will be buried with his beloved toy monkeys.’

Miss Yates said: ‘We should be planning Charlie’s first birthday but instead we’re planning his funeral.’ 

She had earlier revealed there were two toy monkeys – ‘so he was never without his special toy’. 

The first footage of the parents taken from inside a court has also been released.

The hearing from June 8, published by the Supreme Court, shows Mr Gard clutching the toy monkey as he sits next to Miss Yates. Their faces show the strain they are enduring as they watch lawyers arguing about their son. 

In April, at an emotional hearing at the High Court to decide Charlie’s fate, Mr Gard, 33, hurled his son’s cuddly toy on to a bench in exasperation.

The same month, clutching the monkey, he told Mr Justice Francis that his son ‘deserves this chance’ to go to the US.

Mr Gard said: ‘We truly believe these medicines work. If there was no improvement, we would let him go... please give him the chance.’ But six days later, a judge ruled their son must ‘die with dignity’ as soon as possible. 

Miss Yates, 31, had previously described the moment she and her partner went to Charlie in hospital after that ruling.

She said: ‘Chris took the little stuffed monkey he carried into court every day – so we always had a little part of Charlie with us – out of his pocket and sat it next to Charlie’s other monkey. That was the point Chris and I clung together and truly broke down.

The same month, clutching the monkey, he told Mr Justice Francis that his son ‘deserves this chance’ to go to the US.

Mr Gard said: ‘We truly believe these medicines work. If there was no improvement, we would let him go... please give him the chance.’ But six days later, a judge ruled their son must ‘die with dignity’ as soon as possible. 

Miss Yates, 31, had previously described the moment she and her partner went to Charlie in hospital after that ruling.

She said: ‘Chris took the little stuffed monkey he carried into court every day – so we always had a little part of Charlie with us – out of his pocket and sat it next to Charlie’s other monkey. That was the point Chris and I clung together and truly broke down.

The same month, clutching the monkey, he told Mr Justice Francis that his son ‘deserves this chance’ to go to the US.

Mr Gard said: ‘We truly believe these medicines work. If there was no improvement, we would let him go... please give him the chance.’ But six days later, a judge ruled their son must ‘die with dignity’ as soon as possible. 

Miss Yates, 31, had previously described the moment she and her partner went to Charlie in hospital after that ruling.

She said: ‘Chris took the little stuffed monkey he carried into court every day – so we always had a little part of Charlie with us – out of his pocket and sat it next to Charlie’s other monkey. That was the point Chris and I clung together and truly broke down.