Jade Goody

Jack will not miss the funeral. If he is given a prison sentence on Thursday he will be accompanied to the service by prison officers. If anyone is going to bombard the press with reports on Jade's funeral or anything else it will be Jack going for the sympathy vote hoping that the courts let him off. Jade's suffering and death is sad because no-one that young should die, but she was not the only young mum to die of this terrible disease but I think Jack will try and use Jade's death as a plea to stay out of prison, even though there are prisoners who have family members dying and they can't get out to be with them. If Jack is found guilty he should accept the punishment and not use the funeral as an excuse to avoid jail.

Friends of Jade Goody have revealed that she chose Aerosmith's 1998 single 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' to be played at her funeral.

According to The Mirror, the song had special meaning to the former reality star because it was played at her wedding to Jack Tweed.

"It will be very moving to hear that again after it meant so much on her big day. There won't be a dry eye in the church," said one friend.

Goody, who died of cancer on Sunday, also requested that another, more up-beat song be played to remind mourners of "enjoying herself in happier days".

Tweed, her mother Jackiey Budden and two of her bridesmaids will give readings at the April 4 memorial, alongside grandfather John Caddock, who walked her down the aisle last month.

Thousands of people are expected to line the route from her home to St. John The Baptist Church in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, with some reports suggesting that there will be a convoy of up to 21 cars.

TV screens will be erected outside the chapel for those who wish to watch the service, while proceedings will commence with Goody's favourite hymn 'All The Small Things'.

Earlier, it was reported that Tweed could miss the funeral if he is imprisoned in relation to an assault charge.

Jack Tweed has been told that he can attend his late wife Jade Goody's funeral, after a sentencing hearing for his assault charge was postponed.

The 21-year-old's presence at the memorial had been cast in doubt as he faced a possible prison sentence at the hearing tomorrow, after being found guilty of attacking a taxi driver earlier this month.

According to Sky News, the hearing has now been postponed until April 16, allowing Tweed to pay his respects to the former reality star, who died of cancer on Sunday.

Thousands of people are expected to line the route from Goody's home to St. John The Baptist Church in Buckhurst Hill, Essex on April 4, with some reports suggesting that there could be a convoy of up to 21 cars.

Tweed is currently under curfew following his early release from jail in January, after he was previously convicted of attacking a pub manager with a golf club.

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Southwark Council is reportedly planning a permanent memorial for Jade Goody, who passed away from cervical cancer on Sunday.

According to the Daily Star, officials are hoping to revamp the Dickens Estate in Bermondsey, South London, where Goody spent her childhood years.

"Residents in the area love Jade and she brought Bermondsey to the front of peoples’ minds," said a source, who claimed that the council had been inundated with requests for a memorial.

"It will be a really lovely way to remember the girl who captured the nation’s hearts and we hope her family be really pleased."

Bosses are reportedly planning to apply for a blue memorial plaque to immortalise the star's connection to the area, as well as constructing a community centre in her name and planting a tree in her honour.

"We’d be very open to discussions about some form of commemoration for Jade, if a majority of residents are keen on the idea," said a spokesperson for the local Liberal Democrats.

Earlier, Goody's husband Jack Tweed paid his first public tribute to the late star, describing her as "my best friend and my beautiful wife".

This is beyond a joke now - I feel desperately sorry for her boys and her mum and grandparents, but she is just an ordinary person who died, not royalty so can the world please get a grip and give us a rest from it all now.

A book of condolences has been opened today to allow members of the public to write messages in memory of Jade Goody.

The book has been placed at St John the Baptist Church in Buckhurst Hill, Essex ahead of the reality TV star's funeral on April 4.

A spokesman for Chelmsford Diocese said that visitors would be able to light a candle and have an opportunity for reflection as well as pay their respects to the late Big Brother celebrity.

Publicist Max Clifford has said that next month's ceremony "will be very much a Jade Goody production".

I wonder how many people will sign the book just to be able to talk about it in the pub a little later on, but not actually caring about Jade. :rolleyes:

TRAGIC Jade’s grieving husband Jack Tweed has been offered a fortune to write a tell-all book about his life with her.



It would even be fast-tracked so that publishers can get it on the shelves as soon as possible.

Jack, 21, has clinched several massive pay-outs from newspapers, magazines and TV companies after agreeing to sell his story.

His explosive book would tell:

How Jade’s death has devastated him.

How they split following claims that he cheated on her.

How he combated allegations he hooked up with Jade for cash.

How Jade stood by him when he was jailed.

How he will always be a dad to Jade’s two boys.

Those boys have a caring dad of their own. They don't need their mother's thug of a toy boy hanging around any more.

He is showing his true colours now - money grabbing, 'fame' grabbing , limelight hogging waste of space.

jade probably wanted him to do it.....but yeah he was only in the releationship for money they always are

No doubt he will be guided through all this by their very good friend Max Clifford - nothing in it for him then - I was waiting for this to happen.