Jade Goody

Terminally ill Jade Goody has gone into a hospice where she is expected to stay over the weekend, her publicist has confirmed.

The reality TV star is having her cancer medication adjusted after she suffered from hallucinations, Max Clifford said.

"She was all over the place and imagining all kinds of things," he told Sky News.

"Those who were there were saying it was absolutely awful.

"So we explained to the nurses what had happened and they thought the best thing to do was to get her into the hospice for two or three days."

Mr Clifford stressed that Jade, 27, has not gone to St Clare Hospice, near Harlow, to die.

He said she has been exhausted since her "dream wedding" to Jack Tweed last Sunday at Down Hall County Hotel in Hertfordshire.

"Every day, she has been a little bit better," he said.

"But yesterday she had a real turn for the worse because of the mixture of drugs she was on."

Jade vowed to earn as much money as she could to secure her two sons' future after being told her cervical cancer had spread and was terminal.

She is believed to have earned around £1m for the television and magazine coverage of her wedding and her boys' christening, which will take place on March 7.

The St Clare Hospice cares for people who have illnesses such as cancer, neurological disease or organ failure.

Friends of Jade Goody have organised a walk to support the dying star and raise money for her two sons.

Jade Goody has reportedly revealed that she has just one month left to live.

The terminally-ill reality star is believed to have let her prognosis slip during an argument with a neighbour outside her home in Upshire, Essex yesterday.

Goody rowed with the male resident as she left her property to enter a hospice for the weekend, reports claim. It is believed that the dispute centred around a shared gate.

The former Big Brother contestant apparently screamed: "Chill out - I'm gonna be dead in a month."

A source told The Sun: "This man shouted something and she went mad and started screaming at him. He and Jade share a gate that he often has to go and close after people have left her house."

Goody's spokesman Max Clifford confirmed that the star does not have much time left, explaining: "She knows it is just weeks. No one can say when exactly. She is being very brave."

The 27-year-old was diagnosed with cancer in August last year. She was told that the disease is terminal earlier this month.

Everytime I read a report about Jade's condition my heart fills. This neighbour is going to be giving so much grief over a trival thing, can't the media give her a break and let her live her last few weeks without any trouble and stll provide for her children.

Jade Goody's spokesman has played down reports that her husband's curfew will be lifted for a second time.

Jack Tweed, 21, is currently being monitored by an electronic tag and must return to his mother's home by 7pm each night. He agreed to the strict conditions before being granted early release from jail last month.

Yesterday, it was claimed that Tweed would be permitted to stay at Goody's bedside during the final hours of her life, bypassing the usual restrictions.

However, speaking to the Daily Star, Max Clifford insisted: "We don't know anything about this. It is a lovely thought but we are none the wiser. He wants to spend as much time as he can with Jade but he understands the conditions."

Justice Secretary Jack Straw agreed to lift Tweed's curfew for his wedding night last weekend.

Goody, who is dying of cancer, recently revealed that she has just one month left to live.

Jade Goody is trying to bring the christening of her sons forward because she fears she has just days to live.

The terminally ill 27-year-old was taken to a hospice on Friday and told friends she was "not going to make it to the weekend", reports the Sunday Mirror.

A friend said: "The courage Jade is showing really beggars belief. She's been in utter pain and at times is extremely anxious- yet she's being typically selfless and can only think about what's right for her boys."

The christening was due to take place next weekend and is expected to be carried out by Bishop Jonathan Blake, who blessed Goody and husband Jack Tweed's wedding last weekend.

Goody, who is determined to die at home and hopes to leave the hospice on Monday, has also received a handwritten note from David and Victoria Beckham and two AC Milan football strips for her sons.

The note read: 'Both David and I are genuinely moved by your fight against this cruel illness. We are both thinking of you at what must be a terrible time."

This is heartbreaking, going from two months to live, to a month, then days in the space of a few weeks. It must take a lot of strength to get through the day know that you could die during the night.

Jade Goody has been transferred to hospital for surgery to relieve her "awful pain", publicist Max Clifford has confirmed.

The star was due to end her weekend stay at Harlow's St Clare Hospice tomorrow but has instead been moved to the Royal Marsden Hospital in Fulham for an emergency operation.

"She has a great deal of pain from her tummy and they don't seem to be able to get it under control," said Clifford. "She is going back to the Marsden. There's likely to be further surgery tonight or tomorrow."

Clifford added that he had received a "very emotional" phone call from Goody, who is keen to return home. "She's very frightened. She was sobbing on the phone to me. She said: 'Why can't they get me out of all this pain?' Hopefully that's what they're going to do."

Earlier today it was claimed that Goody fears she now only has "days" left to live.

Poor girl

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I'm sure I read recently that Jack Tweed is due in Court again next week facing another assault charge - this one I think was on a taxi driver. Does anyone know anymore about this cos I can't find any details about it anywhere?

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JADE Goody's new husband Jack Tweed is due in court today to face an assault charge.

The hearing at Harlow Magistrates, Essex — expected to last two days — is over an alleged incident involving a taxi driver.

Part-time model Jack, 21, is said to have beaten up cabbie Stephen Wilkins outside Club 195 in Epping last May.

Jack, of Buckhurst Hill, Essex, denies the allegation but if found guilty he faces a further six-month prison term.

He is currently tagged and on a strict curfew as part of his early release conditions, after being sentenced to 18 months last September for attacking a 16-year-old youth with a golf club.

From The Sun

Jack Tweed, the husband of the terminally ill reality television star Jade Goody attacked a taxi driver and threatened to stab him, a court heard.
Prosecutors told magistrates in Epping, Essex, that Tweed, 21, of Buckhurst Hill, Essex, lost his temper after leaving a club in Epping in May last year.

They said he grabbed the driver around the neck while the car was moving and swore at him.

Taxi driver Stephen Wilkins told magistrates that Tweed and three other people climbed into his cab at around 3.30am on May 5 last year.

Mr Wilkins said he told the group that it was illegal for him to carry four people in the rear seat.

"Their response was 'just drive'," said Mr Wilkins. "We carried on driving."

He then said he asked the group to pay the fare "upfront" in line with his firm's policies.

"I asked for the fare upfront. I was told to 'just drive'," said Mr Wilkins.

Mr Wilkins said he explained that if the fare was not paid, he would have to return to Epping.

"The one sitting directly behind. He said 'just ********** drive, you c***,"' said Mr Wilkins.

"Very aggressive. That is when I actually thought to myself this is getting a little bit threatening now. That is when I decided I was going to turn around. I actually did a U-turn."

He added: "I carried on driving back towards Epping.

"The guy behind me started screaming 'where are you ********** going?'

"I said 'back to Epping'.

"He said 'turning the ********** car around', and grabbed me from behind.

"He got hold of me with his arm. Pulled his arm around my neck and held it against the headrest.

"He was leaning over me, over the back seat, with his face alongside my face screaming, 'I will stab you, you ********** c***.

"He leant forward and yanked the handbrake up.

"He was screaming in my face. He was so, so aggressive."

The prosecution allege it was Tweed who swore and carried out the attack. Tweed denies assault.


From Daily Telegraph

Charming people he mixes with if it really was not him :angry:

Max Clifford has said that he is continuing to speak about Jade Goody because the public "want to know".

Goody's agent insisted that the reality TV star has only conducted four interviews in recent weeks and is still comfortable with the press coverage of her battle with cancer.

"What you have to remember is that Jade has only done four interviews in the last month, so that's one day," he told This Morning. "All the rest is being handled by myself.

"But now of course her story is being reached all over the world. I have people calling me daily wanting an update, this doesn't effect Jade at all, and I always do my best to help them.

"The public do want to know about her... television chatshows still want to interview her - Oprah Winfrey, Larry King, and obviously ITV want to do an interview... but things will only take place if and when Jade wants them to."

Goody was transferred to Royal Marsden Hospital in Fulham at the weekend.

Speaking about the move, Clifford said: "She was sobbing and in agony saying to me, 'What can I do? I can't take any more of this...' So it was decided that she went back to the Marsden Hospital.

"I'm glad to say she has had a more restful night last night... The most important thing is to get her out of this horrendous pain."

Maybe she should stay out of the lime light now and rest as much as possible. I for one need not know any more about her.

My heart really goes out to her. She is being so brave.

I'm torn about the whole Jade thing, i mean obviously my heart goes out to her and her family, she is being incredibly brave, and i do respect her for getting as much for her sons as she can, and i get the fact that she has grown up in front of the camera and wishes to continue that, and I heard Max Clifford this morning on GMTV saying that he actually deals with everything - not Jade, if she wants to do an interview she will, but she isn't doing what she doesn't want too, so he's the one confirming reports etc, but i do think the reporting and stuff should calm down, and just give her a bit of peace - i know the public what to know how she's doing but i dont want to hear about it every 5 seconds.
There are lots of people going through what she is; cervical cancer and cancer in general - and some are alot more worse off, and i know she is doing it (publicity) for her sons and to raise awareness about it - but i do think its to much, sometimes it seems like she is the only one going through this - when there are actually people a lot worse off than her, i mean she has got a great support system.
Not having a dig - but they are my views, i do applaud her bravery and do wish her all the best.

I wonder if Jade is donating any money she is raising to the cancer charity whose nurses are so dedicated at looking after her? I am sure her boys are financially secure now to set them up in life with a good education etc. so surely there is some cash spare for her carers.

Jade Goody's cancer has spread throughout her body to her brain, it has emerged.

The reality TV star was originally diagnosed with cervical cancer, which then spread to her liver, groin and bowel before being diagnosed as terminal.

Goody underwent surgery last night to fix a blockage following hours of tests at the hospital's oncology unit.

Her publicist Max Clifford told The Sun that if the procedure was successful that it would dramatically improve her quality of life, increase her mobility and allow her to spend time with her children.

A family friend said: "Jade was told while in a hospice at the weekend that the cancer was travelling freely in her blood and had spread to her brain.

"This is, of course, awful but not unexpected. She has already been told the disease is terminal.

"But by understanding how it is travelling in her body, the doctors have a chance of giving her the right medication to control the pain.

"This hasn't shortened her life expectancy, which remains at weeks. But of course it is another extremely painful reminder of what lies ahead."

The friend added that Goody wants to go home but will wait until she has the correct medication to make her condition bearable, because she does not want to upset her children.

lets hope they can make her as comfortable as possible :(

i think once it goes to the brain thats it....your doomed

I know everyone is going on about how she should not just concentrate on the kids etc.. but I am interested in this.. we hear so many people dying of cancer but we don't know what they go through, what the doctors do to make it as easy as possible.. plus this has increased the number of women going for smear tests and it has sparked a free nationwide cervial testing in Ireland...

That is good news, Siobhan. The problem I can see is that once Jade is no longer in the news, will women forget? Will the free testing cease because women are not making use of it? I hope not.

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That is good news, Siobhan. The problem I can see is that once Jade is no longer in the news, will women forget? Will the free testing cease because women are not making use of it? I hope not.

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well they cancelled the cancer jabs in Ireland so the free testing is hugely popular now... everyone is going for them cause they are scared what happened to jade will happen to them

If its in her brain then sadly I don't think Jade will have long, which is very sad. The positive outcome of this terrible disease is that it has encouraged more women to get tested early.

Dying reality TV star Jade Goody's husband Jack Tweed has been found guilty of assaultin21, was found guilty of common assault at Epping Magistrates' Court in Essex.

Tweed, 21, was found guilty of common assault at Epping Magistrates' Court in Essex.

Sky News reporter Alistair Bunkall said: "This verdict is another sorry and sad twist in story involving Jade Goody."

He said Tweed had not been sentenced yet for the incident, which occurred during a taxi journey in the early hours of last year's May bank holiday.

Then Jade's boyfriend, Tweed had boarded the cab with friends after leaving a club in Epping.

The driver, Steven Wilkins requested payment up front, which was company policy, sparking a mid-journey row.

The court heard Tweed refused to pay the fare and "became aggressive, swearing at Mr Wilkins and punching the back of the seat".

Mr Wilkins told the court he was even forced into doing a half turn in the middle of the, fortunately empty, road.

Tweed said he was too drunk to remember what went on, but insisted he would never assault a taxi driver, a claim supported by one of the party on board the taxi.

The judge disagreed with their version of events, siding with Mr Wilkins.


That is all Jade needs at this time of her life

Jack, it seems, is nothing but a common thug.

I can't imagine what this news will due to Jade's mental health. As its been said already her husband appears to be no more than a thug. How he thought he could have some custody/visitation rights of Jade's children is beyond me, he just isn't mature enough.

So sorry Jade, keep on fighting, we are all thinking of you.

Katie Price has revealed that she wants to say goodbye to Jade Goody in private when she returns to England from Los Angeles.

She told The Sun that Goody's situation was "tragic" and said it was the first time such a high profile young person had been struck by terminal cancer.

Price said: "When I come back the first thing I’m going to do is go to Jade's and say my goodbyes.

"I've had to do it before with someone else and I know it's hard - but it's something I really want to do, in private, away from the cameras. That's if she's well enough to see me.

"I don't know what I’ll say yet but whatever it is will be between me and her. I do really want to do this one thing for her because it's just so awful."

Price added that Goody was a friend of hers and that she would drive to Essex herself to see her.

Price had previously criticised Goody for her decision to give interviews on the subject of her cancer.

I really hope he has no input in her sons lives once she is gone, he is nothing but a common thug - I suppose he will now bleat that he didnt get a fair trial - this story goes from bad to worse.

god knows why she married him but she's a gobby moo i cant stand her

I don't think Jeff the father to Jade's kids will let Jack Tweed within 20 miles of their sons when Jade does pass away. He should be doing everything to make Jade life more peaceful not adding more stress to it. I'm surprised Jade's mum Jackie has kept quiet as I don't think she likes Jack but she is showing compasion and supporting her Daughter with keeping a dignified silence.

What the kids need after their mum passes away is a stable environment for them to grow up in and Jack clearly cannot provide that.

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What the kids need after their mum passes away is a stable environment for them to grow up in and Jack clearly cannot provide that.

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He definitely won't when he's inside. On his second charge (that we know of) for assault, I doubt he'll be left off with a fine and suspended sentence, especially as he's on license.

It's probably going to be hard on Jade with Jack inside, but if he can't keep his hands to himself then it's his own fault.

Jade Goody gave the thumbs-up sign as she left the Chelsea and Westminster hospital yesterday following a successful operation to ease the pain of her cancer.

With her bald head covered in a scarf, and clutching breathing apparatus, Jade gave a brave half-smile as she was transported on a stretcher back to the Royal Marsden hospital nearby.

It came on the same day her husband Jack Tweed sobbed in the dock as he was convicted of assaulting taxi driver Stephen Wilkins after leaving a club in Epping last May.

While the news will come as a blow to Jade, she will at least be able to spend the coming weeks with Tweed as magistrates adjourned sentencing until March 26.
But there was still uncertainty over whether Tweed will be able to be with Jade in her final moments as he could face jail of up to six months when he is sentenced.

Tania Panagiotopoulou, for Tweed, told magistrates that Goody has cervical cancer and is expected to die in the next few weeks.

She had asked magistrates to adjourn sentencing for six months.

But the court's decision suggests that Tweed may be sentenced while Jade is still alive.

Jade's publicist Max Clifford said last night that her 90-minute operation 'went well' and that she would return home as soon she felt well enough.
Clifford said: 'Everything depends on how she is feeling when she comes round from the operation.

'But the doctors at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital said the operation went well.'

Doctors discovered how far the disease has penetrated the reality star's body as she underwent the operation last night to help relieve 'terrible pain' in her stomach and remove a blockage in her bowel.
Clifford earlier told Mail Online that Jade's prognosis was now two to four weeks.

She is desperate to be well enough to be christened at a church close to her home with her boys, Bobby, five, and Freddie, four.
But Clifford cautioned: 'Everything depends on how she feels'.
Jade's close friend Kevin Adams, who was at her bedside after the surgery, said she began shuddering uncontrollably and her lips turned blue as she came round.

'At about 3.30 or 4am she had a reaction and was just shuddering. She was so cold. The nurse got the doctor by which time Jade's lips had started to go blue,' he told The Sun.

He added that the doctor had said the reaction could have been due to a four-pint blood transfusions Jade had during the operation or an infection, which will 'clear itself up'.
But he said: 'She is in less pain now. On a scale of one to ten she was in a sharp pain of ten, but she is now around a six.'

Yesterday Epping Magistrates' Court was told Tweed grabbed taxi driver Mr Wilkins by the throat and threatened to stab him as he drove the cab at 50mph following an argument about the fare.

Tweed, who has denied the offence, said he was too drunk to recall the night. He said: 'I've just seen the man here for the first time. He's an elderly man. I just would not do that.'

When pressed on details of the night, he said: 'My wife is undergoing an operation as we speak. I can't remember a thing. A lot has happened in my life and what is going on now.'

He added: 'I was drinking all day. If I did do that, all I can do is apologise.

It is the second time in six months that Tweed has been convicted of assault.
Last September, he was given an 18-month prison term after being found guilty of attacking a 16-year-old boy with a golf club in Ongar, Essex.

Tweed was released from prison on licence in January and was ordered to wear a monitoring tag and obey a curfew.
Meanwhile, Clifford could not confirm reports that Jade's cancer, which began in her cervix and spread to her liver and bowel, had now spread to her brain.

It came after a source revealed: 'Jade was told while in a hospice at the weekend that the cancer was travelling freely in her blood and has spread to her brain.'

'This is, of course, awful but not unexpected. She has already been told the disease is terminal.

'This hasn't shortened her life expectancy, which remains at weeks. But of course it is another extremely painful reminder of what lies ahead.

'Jade still wants to go home, but won't until she can be given the correct medication to make her condition bearable.

'She doesn't want to see her kids upset,' the source told The Sun.

When cancer reaches the brain, symptoms can include frequent fits, excruciating headaches, vomiting and nausea.
The 27-year-old was transferred from London's Royal Marsden to the nearby Chelsea and Westminster Hospital at around 11am yesterday.
While the reality star is desperate to leave hospital to return to her Essex home, it is likely she will remain in hospital for a few days to recover from the operation.

Clifford added that Jade is coping 'remarkably well' despite knowing that she is dying. 'In terms of her spirit, she has been very brave and positive.'

Jade wrote in her column for New! magazine that she has told Jack he can live in her house.

But she said he told her: '"I can't stay here. I'll be looking for you in every corner".'

Jade wrote: 'I'm not scared of dying. I just don't want to leave my loved ones behind.

'I haven't started reading the book Badger's Parting Gifts to the boys yet. The hospital will tell me when.

'Until then, all I can do is make sure everyone is well looked after so they don't have to worry.

'I've paid the boys school fees' right up until they are 16, which makes me feel really good.

'I never had an education, so I feel it's the greatest gift I can give my children.'

Her will could be further topped up if she manages to conduct an interview for television in the U.S., where interest in her awful situation has snowballed.
Both Oprah Winfrey and Larry King are said to be interested in speaking to her before she dies.

i thought she would of been dead by the weekend with it spreading

I think they are still talking about a month for her to live.

EMOTIONAL Jack Tweed told yesterday how he spent a whole night holding terminally-ill Jade Goody’s hand in hospital — and begged her to forgive his criminal past.


The 21-year-old, out of jail on parole and facing a new stretch after a second assault conviction, made a late-night dash to the Big Brother star’s bedside just hours after appearing in court.

Jack, who wears an electronic tag, was allowed to break his home curfew on compassionate grounds after hearing that Jade had “suffered a turn” after an op to remove a bowel blockage.

He spent Tuesday night comforting the cancer-stricken mum of two as she cried in pain and battled to sleep, with her condition continuing to weaken.

Jack said yesterday: “I was given permission to spend the night with Jade. I’m so happy — I just wish I could be there all the time.

“I told her I’m so sorry for my behaviour in the past. It’s meant I haven’t been there for her the whole time.

Frail ... Jade had 'turn' in hospital



“I told her I’ve let everyone down but have learned my lesson. And I said I’m worried that, once again, I won’t be there for her and the family when they really need me. I just want to be with her as much as I can.”

Cuddle


A source at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea, West London, told how a camp bed was put in 27-year-old Jade’s room so her husband could stay — but said he barely slept at all.

The source said: “Jack spent nearly all night holding Jade’s hand and tenderly stroking her face. He tried to cuddle her, but she is hooked up to a drip and has her gas and air mask constantly with her, which made it hard.

“He did his best to hold her at times, she was grateful he was there.”

Jack spoke of his vigil yesterday just as Jade’s mum Jackiey Budden, 50, left the hospital in tears after visiting her stricken daughter.

Distraction ... Jack helps chum hunt flat



Jack, whose curfew means he must stay at his mum’s Essex home from 7pm to 7am, was NOT allowed to return to his wife’s bedside last night.

He spent yesterday afternoon with pals, leaving Jade to get vital rest.

During the trip, he visited a pizza restaurant before viewing a showroom with a chum who wants a new flat.

Jade — mum to sons Bobby, five, and Freddie, four — was “heavily sedated” in hospital last night.
Spokesman Max Clifford said: “She’s not been seeing anybody. She is resting up so she can see her boys tomorrow.

“I spoke to Jade this morning and she was very, very groggy. We are just hoping her sleepiness was just down to the drugs she was given for pain.”

Mr Clifford said that if Jade’s condition continued to worsen, he would advise her to withdraw from the public eye.
She has so far accepted media coverage to raise money for her sons.

Jade, whose cervical cancer spread to her bowel, liver and groin and is believed to have reached her brain, wants to die at home in Upshire, Essex, but she is too frail to travel.

There are such horrible texts going around about this, a boy in my Economics class got one in the lesson and read it out :(

I've heard a 'joke' about her too. There's always going to be one who laughs at another's misfortune.

I've heard a 'joke' about her too. How could someone joke about somebody who is dying from terminal cancer?! :angry:

Ive heard loads of jokes, I think its digusting that they joke about it :angry:

Terminally ill Jade Goody has been christened with her two sons Bobby and Freddy in a "very short and emotional service", her publicist has said.

Max Clifford said the "very pale and fragile" Goody was in a wheelchair and assisted by nurses during the service at London's Royal Marsden Hospital.
Clifford said the ceremony would be the last thing reality TV star Goody would do in the public eye.
He added that she had had a "smile and a kiss for everyone who was there".
Bobby, five, and Freddy, four, were earlier brought to the hospital in west London by their father Jeff Brazier.

Flowers were also delivered for the ceremony at the hospital chapel, which was attended by around 20 close family members and friends.
The mother-of-two has only weeks to live after her cervical cancer spread to her liver, groin and bowel.
Goody's husband Jack Tweed and her mother, Jackiey Budden, were also present at the ceremony along with other members of her family.
Clifford said: "It was in my mind that she was saying a final goodbye to some people.
"Jade was obviously very happy with the whole thing; Jeff was there on one side, Jack was there on the other side, and it was a very short and emotional service.
"I think everybody knew just how important it was to Jade."
It had been hoped the ceremony would take place in a church, but Goody, 27, had been heavily sedated.
The service was carried out by hospital chaplain Chris Lee and Corinne Brixton, vicar of St John's church in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, near Goody's home.
Sons' future
Clifford said he believed Goody had enjoyed the service.
"She finds it very hard to stay awake for more than a few minutes but she stayed awake for the 20 minutes of the service.

"It was a very positive atmosphere, after each of the boys were christened everyone clapped and after Jade was christened everyone clapped again.
"It was a very simple service. There were prayers and blessings and a few short readings."
Earlier Clifford had said Goody's two sons were not fully aware of what was going on.
"They know their mother is very ill and that is something the family will help them with.
"The boys will get a party as soon as they can. I think the intention is to take them out today."
Goody has vowed to raise as much money as possible for her sons through media deals before she dies.
Clifford said photographs taken of the service would be published in OK! magazine at a later date.
Pictures of Goody's recent marriage to Tweed have already appeared in the magazine. Tweed, 21, is awaiting sentence after he was found guilty of attacking a taxi driver and threatening to stab him after leaving a club in Essex last year.

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Tragic Jade Goody amazed family and friends yesterday by laughing and joking her way through an emotional christening for her boys... before saying a heartbreaking last goodbye.

Jade, 27, refused to shed a tear during the 20-minute ceremony before 30 friends and family despite knowing it was a final farewell for many of them before she dies.

And afterwards the father of her two children, Jeff Brazier, 29, took her hand and vowed he will take care of them when she’s gone.

During a heart-to-heart at her hospital bedside as their boys played on the floor beside them, he told her: “I promise I’ll look after the kids no matter what.”

Plans for a christening in a church had to be rearranged when Jade’s condition worsened.

TV host Jeff has been caring for Bobby, five, and Freddie, four, all week as Jade did not want them to see her in such pain.

But in a hospital gown and looking frail, she summoned the strength to get out of her wheelchair and fulfil her dying wish to be baptised alongside them.

She managed to get through the service even though she faces the final days of her cancer battle.

Defying agonising pain, Jade sat Bobby five, on her lap and had Freddie, four, next to her during the ceremony at the chapel of the Royal Marsden Hospital, London.

She hugged them and held hands with husband Jack Tweed, 21.

A friend said: “When Jade got there and saw the boys on the front pew her eyes were sparkling – but there were no tears because she was determined not to cry. The boys’ faces lit up and they were beaming when she walked in – they hadn’t seen her for over a week. She couldn’t stop kissing them.

“She made a sterling effort – the last thing she wanted to do was upset them. She wanted it to be a happy occasion and was even joking and giggling with them because they didn’t want to get wet from the baptism.”

The friend added: “Jade had a little make-up on for the occasion but not much.

“She clearly made a big effort. She had a smile and a kiss for everyone – but it was clearly her last goodbye to many of them.”

Jade’s mum Jackiey Budden, 50, and her grandparents, John and Sylvia Caddock, were among those who packed the tiny chapel for the Christening by hospital chaplain Chris Lee and Rev Corinne Brixton, of St John’s church, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, near Jade’s home.

Friends included former fitness instructor Kevin Adams and her bridesmaids Kate Jackson, Jennifer Smith, Kelly Reading, Charlene Hull and Caroline Roberts.

Jade’s grandad John, 70, who had walked Jade down the aisle just two weeks ago when she married her sweetheart Jack, said: “It was a lovely ceremony, it really was. Jade spoke to everyone there. But when she came to me I couldn’t speak. I was welling up.

“I couldn’t get the words out. I just gave her a kiss in the end. That said everything I needed to.

“I love her and I wish I was a miracle worker, but I’m not and there is nothing I can do. We all feel helpless, on the sidelines, and nothing we say or do is going to help.

“It’s all out of our hands. There is nothing we can do and that is what is so heart-wrenching.

“Jade is putting a brave face on it, we all are, but deep down we are hurting.

“Any death in the family is heart-breaking. But Jackiey, her mother, shouldn’t have to go through this, let alone grandparents like us.

“I love the kid. She is so young and had her whole life ahead of her. It’s just not right.”

He added sadly: “This did feel like the end. I don’t know when I’ll see her again, if ever. And I don’t even want to think about what the boys do or don’t know. They are growing up fast, and obviously know their mum isn’t well... but how Jade is going to tell them I don’t know.

“I think she has been trying to for a few days but how do you? I can’t cope with it, we are all grief-stricken, so I don’t know how the boys are going to deal with it.”

It will be a miracle if Jade survives another week, It's so sad that another family if being torn apart because of cancer.

:( It is so sad. I seen a picture of her this morning of how she looked last year and she looked so young, free and bubbly.. then I seen a picture of her of how she's looking now and she looks so weak, pale and helpless. You can just see how much she's deteriorated and it's tragic.

Cancer is a horrific thing for any family to go through.