Full disclosure; I’m an atheist. But I think peoples’ beliefs should be given proper respect, and would not fly over any religious site where a service or other religious activity was in progress; this would include people laying flowers or attending to graves, and most certainly to burials in progress. Drone code/don’t be a dick, such flying would be likely to cause disturbance and distress to worshippers and mourners.
Flying at a higher altitude, say 300’+, is a different matter; the drone is not causing any noise nuiscance and is barely visible from the ground, and even on full zoom details of activity on the ground are small. A funeral in progress is still something I would turn the camera away from, though, out of respect and courtesy.
But ground activity in general, such as park football, cricket, &c. is incidental background detail, and I often don’t even notice it until I review the footage; I’m concentrating on flying the drone at the time! I’m not that interested in the doings of other people.
There’s a legal grey area here; it is not legal to film or photograph anyone without their permission, but taken to it’s logical extreme very few photos or videos would ever be taken because there will be an unsuspecting human in them somewhere. Where do you draw the line? CCTV cameras, for instance, film people all the time without their knowledge or permission, and webcams do the same and are available to view on that interwebby thing all over the world, live!
I have on occasion been challenged with my DSLR, and am happy to show what I’ve taken and offer to delete it if the person requests this. Nobody ever has…
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I dont think that’s true.
I believe that generally there is a view that you can photograph anything that is visible from a publicly accessible site, and that no one should have any expectations of privacy when in public.
This is why its OK to photograph and video the police … they do not have to give permission!
But I personally would still subscribe to the "Dont be a dick’ principle 
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General rule of thumb, don’t be a dick.
I’ve done more than one without problems
You got a link as that’s not true
I am not sure about that, as long as you tell them you are filming and its in a public space then they cant stop you
Same for them they must inform you they are filming
I had the same though when i filmed one, so i had a quick look around. I do most of my flying early though so only dog walkers. I think if i saw someone there id either wait or go fly somewhere else for a bit.
Unfortunately you are wrong
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In the uk there are very strict rules on the use of (business) CCTV.
Is ai writing for you? May be worth checking your location settings if so 
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I hold a public surveillance and CCTV licence I’m pretty sure the UK has more CCTV cameras than anywhere in the world
As for grey areas welcome to GDPR
You would, though, be wrong. It comes in 4th place behind China, United States and Germany.
If you base it on population size it comes in 3rd place behind United States, and China.
You missed out a very important word there
‘Public space surveillance’ (PSS) 
don’t be giving Karen even more to fret over
I prefer Dicktim over Karen
(act like a dick and then play the victim)
Hello, I just want to say that I totally agree with some of the points you have made, I am atheist but obviously if a family member passes away I am not going to not attend their funeral. In the respect of drones, I have never actually flown a DJI drone so I am looking forward to this. In respect of CCTV, there are rules and legislations to stop people using CCTV if they don’t have the correct qualifications to do so or operate CCTV cameras. When it comes to privacy and respecting people at funerals in churchyards that I am potentially flying above, myself personally I wouldn’t fly my drone for the simple fact that the family members are already going through enough grief as it is and you don’t want to cause further distress. For me personally if I was to fly over a church, I would do it on a very quiet day where no one is around and also I would take into account that there’s always a chance of committing a voyeurism offence which comes under section 68 of the Sexual Offences Act 2005, especially if young girls are below you and or children are around, again I would exercise common sense which in this case would be to land my drone and move away from the area so I am not causing Harassment, Alarm or Distress which is a Public Order Offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 but this is why I would essentially avoid flying over a church or churchyard unless it was really quiet and nothing was happening
I was asked to by the Vicar, we enjoyed the flight and the results.
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I totally get it if someone is asked to by the family and then the Vicar requests this on their behalf but like I say I would personally be against it
I think you’re overthinking the potential issues with flying a drone in the public domain David.
I have many videos that have men, women and children in them that were unwittingly filmed whilst going about their business in the public domain.
It’s what you do with the footage after that matters. Be respectful, and if you accidently catch members of the public whilst flying it is no big deal and would not be a matter for litigation.
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Mate you get out there and get it up (drone) don’t worry about what being nervous flying anywhere
If you ever get asked not to film the kids like I did once just say something to them in a jokey way like that’s exactly why you’re there and I’d be more worried about the old boy in the bushes with his camera who says he’s bird watching
Seriously though we all know right from wrong where as Karen /Dicktim think they know more about legal rights than there wrongs
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Agree with most of the comments here - usual stuff on respect etc.
What I do (if I’m doing the flying for non-commercial purposes) is send photos to the local PCC/Parish Magazine for them to use gratis. That usually goes down very well as they get to show off their church from a non-standard perspective. You can end up on the front cover with a note of thanks for the picture.
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@BulletDodger Thanks. Obviously sticking within the Drone Code and the rules issued by the CAA then I don’t see being a problem as long as stuff like Land Owners’ permission is obtained