malcolm fraser adored the whitney houston film the bodyguard, pigged out eating ice cream straight from the tub and would boast to his grandkids about his huge twitter following that's according to the former prime minister's granddaughter, rachael fraser, who delivered a loving tribute to her grandfather at a funeral service in melbourne on friday ms fraser told mourners, including prime ministers past and present, that her much loved granddad was a 'great leader' for the country but also a 'joker at heart' who put his kids and grandkids first 'a few years ago, grandad was intrigued as to why all his grandchildren were taking photos and constantly checking their phones,' a composed ms fraser said 'after a few long conversations about both twitter and facebook at, the age of 81 grandad seemed to have his accounts up and running in no time and became more active than all of us put together 'i still remember the cheeky grin on his face when he said 'i've got 20,000 followers, how many do you have, rach?' 'this is only a few months after having his twitter account' ms fraser told mourners that he treasured his family deeply and had a way of embracing anything his children and grandchildren were passionate about, whether that be farming, horses, surfing or teaching scroll down for video  touching speech: malcolm fraser's granddaughter, rachael fraser, delivered a moving tribute to the former prime minister, remembering his love of family, his competitive instincts, fascination with technology and joker's heart  rest in peace: former prime minister malcolm fraser, the nation's leader from 1975 until 1983, died following a brief illness last week  malcolm fraser's coffin being carried out after the service at scots' church in melbourne with his wife, tamie, in tow  final resting place: flowers adorn the coffin of former australian prime minister malcolm fraser  prime minister tony abbott arrives at the service today in what was a busy day for the nation's leader, having held a press conference in tasmania earlier on friday  dressed in black, foreign minister julie bishop sweeps into mr fraser's memorial service ms bishop is deputy leader of the party mr fraser once led  prestigious crowd: former labor pms julia gillard and paul keating are pictured arriving at mr fraser's state memorial service in melbourne  dignitaries: former governor's general sir william deane (left) and quentin bryce (right) attend mr fraser's funeral  former prime minister john howard (right) and sir john carrick (centre) arrive at scot's church ahead of the memorial service  victorian premier daniel andrews arrives at scot's college to pay his respects to the former prime minister  pallbearers carry the coffin from scot's church following mr fraser's memorial service mr fraser died on 20 march 2015, age 84  tamie fraser (left), mr fraser's wife, watches as her late husband's coffin is loaded into the hearse at scots church in melbourne  'grandad treasured moments when the family were together he would often take photos and create collages that he would send around to each of us to keep hold of 'he also loved christmas time, and at every christmas dinner i always wanted to open the presents early and to convince the rest of the family grandad was by best bet 'once i had him on side it was harder for granny to say no grandad was always happy to talk no matter what time of day it was 'at one point a few weeks ago, i called grandad at 10pm as i had to make a difficult decision 'he was reading next to granny at the time, however, that didn't stop either of them from listening and picking up the phone' 'grandad gave me just enough advice so that the decision still had to be made myself, but i felt more content in doing so 'grandad's favourite film was 'the bodyguard' because of whitney houston and every time i stayed with him he would ask granny and i if we wanted to watch it, as if we had never seen it before' liberal mp ewen jones was among those who praised ms fraser's speech '(it) was just brilliant,' he tweeted 'makes you proud to hear it, let alone know the family' two of mr fraser's children, hugh and phoebe, and his parliamentary colleague peter nixon also addressed the service ''he loved australia,' hugh said 'he was not merely one of its sons, but one of it's most fervent custodians i feel the world is slightly less safe now' mr nixon recalled mr fraser's considerable achievements as prime minister from 1975 to 1983, including opening the country to vietnamese migrants and introducing freedom of information laws he died after a brief illness last week, age 84 'the country has lost a unique and great australian,' mr nixon said mr fraser's granddaughter, rachael (centre) remembered her grandfather as a 'great leader', but a 'joker at heart' mr fraser's wife tamie (centre) and daughters angela marshall (left) and phoebe wynee pope (right) say their farewell to the hearse  communications minister malcolm turnbull (left) and treasurer joe hockey (right) attended mr fraser's state memorial service  attorney general george brandis is pictured here arriving at the state memorial service in melbourne  among the hundreds of mourners were prime minister tony abbott and former leaders howard, keating and gillard  wreaths: hundreds of mourners crowded scot's church in melbourne's cbd to commemorate the life of australia's 22nd prime minister, who ran the country from his controversial ascension in 1975 until 1983  out in force: the vietnamese community, represented here by phong nguyen, general secretary of the vietnamese community in australia, paid their respects to the late leader  'farewell': the vietnamese community turned out in force to commemorate the life of malcolm fraser, the prime minister who welcomed them to australia  between 1975 and 1982, the australian government received more than 56,000 vietnamese refugees applied for asylum  the polish and vietnamese communities were among the many australian groups to lay wreaths outside the scot's college  malcolm fraser's son hugh, daughter phoebe and grand daughter rachel delivered tributes at friday morning's service at scot's college in melbourne 
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malcolm fraser's granddaughter rachael delivered a moving tribute to the late former prime minister . mr fraser, the nation's 22nd prime minister, died last friday aged 84 following a brief illness . rachael fraser remembered her grandfather as a 'great leader', but a 'joker at heart' at his funeral service today . in a stirring message, ms fraser provided insight into how mr fraser treasured the company of his family . 'his favourite film was 'the bodyguard' because of whitney houston,' she told assembled mourners . 'every time i stayed with him he would ask granny and i if we wanted to watch it, as if we had never seen it before'. she said mr fraser, an avid social media user late in life, would boast to his grandkids about his twitter following . 'i still remember the cheeky grin on his face when he said 'i've got 20,000 followers, how many do you have, rach?''. among the hundreds of mourners were prime minister tony abbott and former leaders howard, keating and gillard . mr fraser was the prime minister of australia from his controversial ascension in 1975 until 1983 