Horse racing royalty joined a real Pacific Island princess and some of the country s society and political elite in farewelling the matriarch of the country s most prominent horse training dynasty.
Bertram Douglas Kidd, known as Bertie was born in Islington, London, in 1933
He moved to Australia in 1947 aged 14 and began his life of crime in the 1960s
Kidd, 87, was considered among the best safe breakers and robbers in Australia
His exploits earnt him the reputation as the country s most complete criminal
Kidd has for the first time revealed his role in the 1984 Fine Cotton betting sting