Jade Goody cancer battle
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Jade Goody cancer battle
Terminal cancer victim Jade Goody has been out shopping for a wedding dress. The Big Brother star got engaged on Valentine's Day, just hours after being told she may only have weeks to live. The 27-year-old briefly left the Royal Marsden Hospital in a wheelchair to exchange engagement rings with boyfriend Jack Tweed, 21. The couple then visited Harrods where the reality TV star picked out a "beautiful" wedding dress - a gift from the store's owner Mohamed Al Fayed. Sir Elton John has offered one of his homes as the location for the ceremony and messages of help and support have been sent by Jonathan Ross, Simon Cowell and Dale Winton. Goody's friend and publicist Max Clifford said: "This has given her something to think about, a happy event. The wedding, the Christening of her two boys, these are all positive things to focus on as opposed to the cancer and what is happening to her and what she is going through." Mr Clifford gave no hint about when or where the wedding and Christening will take place. He said: "After they exchanged rings they went to Harrods where she picked out the most beautiful, in her words, wedding dress. Mohamed said it was his gift for her wedding day." Mr Clifford said the star also picked out Armani suits for her two sons, Bobby, five, and Freddie, four. "Just about every person I have spoken to in the last week has sent their love," he said, adding: "Everything will be done in the time ahead to make life as good as possible for as long as possible. "She has been in a lot of pain but (the doctors) are doing everything they can to get on top of it." Mr Clifford said the star is determined to "keep busy" and secure her children's future. He said Goody told him: "Max, I know I'm ignorant but I want my boys to have the best possible education money can buy and I am going to make sure that I do that for them so that when they grow up they know that mum did that." He also said Goody said she wants the boys Christened because she hopes, "they will get to know Jesus and through Jesus they'll be able to talk to her in years to come". Asked about her remaining in the spotlight during her illness, Mr Clifford said: "Jade has said it is the best thing for her and she is doing things the way she wants to do them. She will continue to give interviews providing she is medically able to. If she wants it stopped, it stops." Asked about the wedding, Goody said: "I love Jack with all my heart and I want to be his wife more than anything in the world. And I will be." She added: "He's devastated but he's really trying to hold it together for me. But as soon as he found out I was going to die he just said, 'Right then we're getting married. You're a special woman, I love you and I would be honoured to call you my wife. And I don't care if it's just for a few weeks'."
ITN | February 16, 2009
