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Jade Goody prepares for wedding Goody 'unwell' ahead of wedding
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Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody is making final preparations for her wedding, which takes place later. Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody was unwell the night before her wedding, but is expected to go ahead with the ceremony.
The 27-year-old, who has cancer, has pledged to walk down the aisle unaided to meet her fiance, Jack Tweed. The 27-year-old, who has cancer, had been "overdoing it" in the run-up to the event, said publicist Max Clifford.
She will be wearing her "dream dress", a £3,500 gown presented to her as a gift by Harrods boss Mohamed al Fayed. There is a significant police presence outside the Down Hall country house hotel in Essex, where Goody arrived on Saturday night by helicopter.
Celebrity guests are expected at the private wedding at Down Hall country house in Hatfield Heath, Essex, although no names have been confirmed. She has pledged to walk down the aisle unaided to meet her fiance, Jack Tweed.
The former Big Brother contestant will be wearing her "dream dress", a £3,500 gown presented to her as a gift by Harrods boss Mohamed al Fayed.
On Friday, the Sun reported Goody 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 Goody 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. Celebrity guests are expected at the private wedding, including pop group The Sugababes, who will provide entertainment.
'Day of surprises'
I love Jade more than anything and this is all we both want Jack Tweed 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. Clifford told the BBC it would be a "bittersweet" day for Goody and her guests.
On Saturday, Goody was pictured with her bridesmaids, who made her laugh by sporting flesh-toned bathing caps in a cheeky act of solidarity. "Most of us are concentrating on the fact that this is something that she's so happy about actually happening and so much looking forward to doing.
Later, she emerged hand-in-hand with her fiance and the couple kissed for the cameras. "And of course it's giving her something else to concentrate on and think about - something which is happy."
She said she could "give nothing away" about the wedding arrangements - but her publicist, Max Clifford, said she could expect "a day of surprises". Clifford previously hinted that Goody 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.
"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."
'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 BrotherOK! 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 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.""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.