Terminally ill Deborah James has been made a Dame after raising just short of £4 million for charity in a matter of days, after announcing that she had been moved to hospice at home care.
The 40 year old, who has been courageously battling bowel cancer for five years, wrote a heartbreaking “goodbye" post on Monday revealing that her body “just wasn’t playing ball”.
The devastating announcement penned by the mum-of-two, which she asked her followers to donate to cancer research for the price of a drink “to see me out of this world”, has raised a staggering £3.8 million.
Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter . You can sign up at the top of the page.There have been numerous calls for Deborah to be honoured with a Damehood, and now she has, after Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and No10 honoured her.
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