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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. | 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. | 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 was 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". | 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. | 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. | Flowers were also delivered for the ceremony at the hospital chapel. |
The mother-of-two has only weeks to live after her cervical cancer spread to her liver, groin and bowel. | 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.Goody was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August 2008 | |
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. | |
Earlier Clifford 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. | "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." | "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, Bobby, five, and four-year-old Freddie, through media deals before she dies. | |
Her husband, Jack 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. | Her husband, Jack 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. |