Ozzy Osbourne‘s widow Sharon and her family are today laying the heavy metal icon to rest in a private funeral at his Buckinghamshire home – as he desired.

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.

A huge floral tribute in the grounds of the mansion spells out an affectionate tribute to the heavy metal legend, with the words, ‘OZZY F***ING OSBOURNE’, on the banks of the Osbourne lake.

A version of a floral ‘Ozzy’ tribute that featured at yesterday’s memorial procession was also placed atop a fountain.

Mourners expected to attend today include Metallica frontman James Hetfield, and Sir Elton John, as tents were seen across the Buckinghamshire estate’s grounds.

Today’s events follow a funeral procession attended by thousands of fans through Birmingham city centre on Wednesday.

Ozzy’s widow Sharon, 72, was supported by their children Jack, Kelly and Aimee who laid floral tributes and made a peace sign as they gestured their gratitude to fans – while accompanied by Ozzy’s son Louis from his first marriage to Thelma Riley.

Floral tributes to the rock star first displayed at the public memorial in Birmingham yesterday were on show for the intimate farewell.

Goodwill messages have continued to pour in for Osbourne, who died aged 76 last week – and had spoken in the past about his wishes for a lack of funeral fuss.

Speaking in in 2011 about how he imagined his future send-off, the Black Sabbath legend said: ‘I honestly don’t care what they play at my funeral – they can put on a medley of Justin Bieber, Susan Boyle and ‘We Are The Diddymen’ if it makes ’em happy. But I do want to make sure it’s a celebration, not a mope-fest.’

Ozzy Osbourne’s tearful widow Sharon Osbourne is pictured yesterday giving a peace gesture to fans

The hearse carrying the singer’s coffin was adorned with purple flowers spelling out ‘Ozzy’

Two of Ozzy and Sharon’s children Jack and Kelly embraced at Black Sabbath Bridge

There are a sea of floral tributes for the heavy metal icon near his home today

Heartbroken fans lined up to pay their respects to Ozzy in a public procession yesterday, and again today at his home

Sharon was seen on Wednesday beside her children including Jack and Kelly Osbourne

The funeral cortege yesterday was led by a live brass band, Bostin’ Brass, who performed versions of Black Sabbath songs such as Iron Man, as thousands of tearful devotees lined the streets and sang along in Ozzy’s memory.

Today, marquees and a music stage had been erected next to pond where the private tributes were paid at his home.

Guests were seated under huge awnings due to the rain showers that had fallen earlier in the day – while catering facilities, with their own generators, were provided in the garden.

A huge security operation was in place from early this morning to ensure the ceremony was strictly invitation only, in accordance with widow Sharon’s wishes.

A team of bodyguards and private security dog handlers patrolled the perimeter of the estate and traffic marshals directed traffic through the narrow country lane leading to the Osbourne estate.

However, diehard fans did leave flowers outside the gates to their rock idol.