Whirlwind wedding for frail Jade
Whirlwind preparations have been taking place to ensure that Jade Goody enjoys the perfect wedding day.
Goody, who found out she was terminally ill with cancer last week, masterminded much of her biggest ever party from her laptop on her hospital bed.
Frail and weak, she was taken home earlier this week to put the final touches to the preparations.
Her bedroom has reportedly been decked out in pink so that she feels like a princess ahead of the ceremony.
Goody has signed magazine and broadcast deals worth around £1m (€1.1m), but details of how it is thought the preparations – described by Goody’s friend and publicist Max Clifford as “organised chaos” – will go have been revealed.
The bride will have her dream dress, a £3,500 (€3,900) gown as a gift from Harrods boss Mohamed al Fayed.
But even in the wedding attire there will also be reminders of Goody’s illness - including a special pouch to hold her painkillers from the Royal Marsden Hospital.
The Sun reported yesterday that Goody has decided not wear a veil, showing her head left bald by the cancer treatment.
Goody’s fiancé Jack Tweed, 21, said a “big white wedding” was all Goody had ever hoped for.
He has vowed that his bride will go down the aisle with him even if he has to wheel her in her hospital bed.
It has also been said that Goody is determined to leave her wheelchair and make the journey down the aisle.
Clifford said yesterday’s decision by the Government to allow Mr Tweed to spend his wedding night with his new bride had delighted the pair.
The 21-year-old 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 7pm each day.
Terminally-ill Goody, who has been given just weeks to live, was said to have been “heartbroken” at the possibility of parting from her new husband.
Britain's Ministry of Justice said the terms of his curfew would be changed to reflect the “exceptional” circumstances.
Former 'Big Brother' star Goody has chosen Armani suits for her two sons, Bobby, five, and Freddie, four.
It is hoped entertainment will be provided by Girls Aloud, who are said to be keen to play on the big day and have been re-working their schedules.
All of the rooms in the plush Down Hall country manor in Essex have been booked out for the celebrations.
Goody and Tweed received a home visit from Bishop Jonathan Blake, of the independent London-based Open Episcopal Church on Thursday.
He has refused to be drawn on whether he will be conducting the wedding ceremony.
Among those helping Goody put the finishing touches to her wedding plans have been her ex Jeff Brazier and her best friend and bridesmaid Kate Jackson, the producer on the Living TV show which has been filming Goody’s cancer battle.
The celebrity guest list will reportedly include Jonathan Ross.
Shilpa Shetty, who was at the centre of the 'Celebrity Big Brother' race row with Goody two years ago, was invited to her big day, but has filming commitments in India.
She has said: “If I was in London I would definitely have been there to show her my solidarity”.
Shetty, 33, told ITV News: “It’s really sad to know that her health is deteriorating and I really want people to forget the past and I really want them to pray and send her good wishes because that’s something that will give her energy.
“I really want all the positive things to be affecting her at this point.”
