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HEARTBROKEN Jackiey Budden wrestles with her emotions as she reads the Bible at her daughter’s grave yesterday.

Jade Goody’s grieving mum seemed to draw strength from the holy text as she sat alone on the grass, occasionally reading passages aloud.

She also brought a picnic to the flower-laden site and later ate crisps and a Scotch egg.

An onlooker at the churchyard near Jade’s home in Upshire, Essex, said: “She looked visibly upset but she managed to hold back the tears. She read from the Bible for quite some time and every now and then read parts of it aloud. She looked like she felt content sitting there.”

Jackiey, 51, is planning a trip to Jamaica where she lived years ago and still has pals.

She told Now magazine: “They’ll look after me. It’ll be good to take some time out to recuperate.”

I would not have a picnic by the grave so soon after the funeralside if I wanted to be left alone to grieve. But she is obviously also still happy to speak to the press.
The more I hear about this shower the angrier I get. A graveside picnic in consecrated ground and the press just happened to be there. A visit to a loved ones graveside is supposed to be a way of paying respect to the deceased not another excuse for a publicity shoot. I suppose OK magazine will be accompanying Jackey to Jamaica and sun tabloid will be picking up the bill for the trip.