Friends and family of Michael Jackson have paid their last respects to the singer known as the King of Pop at a funeral ceremony outside Los Angeles. Dame Elizabeth Taylor, actor Macaulay Culkin and music producer Quincy Jones were among the 200 invited guests. Gladys Knight sang at the service while civil rights campaigner the Reverend Al Sharpton was one of the speakers. The ceremony was due to begin at 0200 GMT at Glendale’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park but began more than an hour late. The singer's gold-plated casket was adorned with flowers The delay was caused by the late arrival of the singer's family, who eventually arrived in a motorcade of 31 vehicles. Jackson's brothers - Randy, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon - acted as pallbearers as his gold-plated coffin was removed from a hearse. All were dressed identically in black suits, with each wearing a solitary white glove - a fashion statement made famous by their legendary sibling. The singer's children - Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II - sat in the front row next to his parents, Katherine and Joe Jackson. Comedian Chris Tucker, producer Berry Gordy and Lisa Marie Presley, Jackson's ex-wife, also attended. The service took place after dark in the open air outside Forest Lawn's Great Mausoleum.