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Jade Goody prepares for wedding | Jade Goody prepares for wedding |
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Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody is making final preparations for her wedding, which takes place later. | |
The 27-year-old, who has cancer, has pledged to walk down the aisle unaided to meet her fiance, Jack Tweed. | |
She will be wearing her "dream dress", a £3,500 gown presented to her as a gift by Harrods boss Mohamed al Fayed. | She will be wearing her "dream dress", a £3,500 gown presented to her as a gift by Harrods boss Mohamed al Fayed. |
Celebrity guests are expected at the private wedding at Down Hall country house in Hatfield Heath, Essex, although no names have been confirmed. | |
On Friday, the Sun reported she had decided not to wear a veil, so that guests could see how her head has been left bald by chemotherapy treatment. | On Friday, the Sun reported she had decided not to wear a veil, so that guests could see how her head has been left bald by chemotherapy treatment. |
Goody has spoken of how Tweed proposed to her shortly after doctors told her she may only have months to live. | Goody has spoken of how Tweed proposed to her shortly after doctors told her she may only have months to live. |
Whirlwind preparations for the ceremony followed, with the TV personality reportedly masterminding the details from a laptop from her hospital bed. | Whirlwind preparations for the ceremony followed, with the TV personality reportedly masterminding the details from a laptop from her hospital bed. |
She returned home earlier this week, and has regularly appeared to speak to the press, who are camped outside. | She returned home earlier this week, and has regularly appeared to speak to the press, who are camped outside. |
On Saturday, Goody was pictured with her bridesmaids, who made her laugh by sporting flesh-toned bathing caps in a cheeky act of solidarity. | On Saturday, Goody was pictured with her bridesmaids, who made her laugh by sporting flesh-toned bathing caps in a cheeky act of solidarity. |
Later, she emerged hand-in-hand with her fiance and the couple kissed for the cameras. | Later, she emerged hand-in-hand with her fiance and the couple kissed for the cameras. |
She said she could "give nothing away" about the wedding arrangements - but her publicist, Max Clifford, said she could expect "a day of surprises". | She said she could "give nothing away" about the wedding arrangements - but her publicist, Max Clifford, said she could expect "a day of surprises". |
"She will spend the night at the hotel and I know they have a few surprises in store," he said. I love Jade more than anything and this is all we both want Jack Tweed "I know for example they have made her a very big cake." | |
Ahead of the wedding, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales paid tribute to Goody. | Ahead of the wedding, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales paid tribute to Goody. |
"I think she needs our prayers," Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor told Sky News. | |
"I think she's a brave woman to face up to her cancer, which seems to be terminal. | |
"A lot of people might say, 'well, it's better if she did everything in quiet' but I think she's made a decision that she wants the last months of her life to teach people something. | |
"She wants society to know something about the terrible disease that cancer is, and to find better ways of dealing with it." | "She wants society to know something about the terrible disease that cancer is, and to find better ways of dealing with it." |
'Fighting back tears' | 'Fighting back tears' |
OK! magazine has bought the rights to the ceremony for £700,000, while TV station Living had already paid a reported £100,000 to show it as part of their series, Jade.Goody, a former dental nurse, rose to fame on Channel 4's Big Brother | |
The star has stipulated that the entire amount should be passed on to her sons Bobby, five, and four-year-old Freddie. | |
The film of the wedding will be produced by Kate Jackson, who is also one of the four bridesmaids. | The film of the wedding will be produced by Kate Jackson, who is also one of the four bridesmaids. |
Tweed said he will be "fighting back tears" at the wedding. | Tweed said he will be "fighting back tears" at the wedding. |
"I love Jade more than anything and this is all we both want," he told the Sun. "It's going to be the best day of my life." | |
Tweed was jailed for 18 months last September after assaulting a teenager with a golf club. | Tweed was jailed for 18 months last September after assaulting a teenager with a golf club. |
He was released early from Wayland Prison in Norfolk last month on condition he wears a tag and returns to his mother's house in Essex by 1900 GMT each day. | He was released early from Wayland Prison in Norfolk last month on condition he wears a tag and returns to his mother's house in Essex by 1900 GMT each day. |
However, the Ministry of Justice has allowed the terms of his curfew to be relaxed so he and Goody can spend their wedding night together. | However, the Ministry of Justice has allowed the terms of his curfew to be relaxed so he and Goody can spend their wedding night together. |