Dame Deborah James has hit back at criticism after many felt offended by a joke she made about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. 'Bowelbabe' Deborah, 40, is sadly dying of bowel cancer after announcing back in May that her body “isn’t playing ball” anymore.
Despite being moved to end-of-life care five years after first being diagnosed with the disease, she's remained in good spirits and even cracked a joke over the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend.
At the time, the star had vowed not to die in a bid to prevent the Duke, 37, and Duchess of Sussex, 40, from "stealing her thunder".
Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Speaking to The Sun, she said: "I'm determined not to die over the Jubilee weekend, I don’t want Meghan stealing my thunder. “I haven’t worked so hard to raise cancer awareness and money to help find a cure, only to miss out on another front page when I go.” But it appears some have been left unimpressed with the remark and took to Twitter to call her out for it as one said: "Lots of really horrible comments about H&M when they have nothing to do with this and have kept a low profile.
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