Jade tells sons: 'The angels are calling mummy'
Jade Goody's two young sons took flowers to her bedside on Sunday in what could be one of their last visits to their dying mum. Five-year-old Bobby (pictured, right) and Freddie, four, gripped the cancer-stricken Big Brother star's hands after Freddie had picked her a daffodil, according to reports in The Sun. A source said: "It was a real tear-jerking moment to see the three of them together at such a sad time." Freddie had been playing the garden of Jade's home in Upshire, Essex, with Bobby, Jade's new husband Jack and Jade's mum Jackiey Budden. But as Jade's condition deteriorated over the weekend, her spokesperson, Max Clifford, said she had spent much of the day asleep. Max said: "The boys went to see her and she was aware of them for a brief moment or two. She saw them and she smiled." Jade, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August, discharged herself from hospital last week so that she could die at home - and it's thought that she could pass away any day now. On Sunday, when Freddie asked Jade why she was so sleepy, she replied: "Because the angels are calling mummy." Get exclusive access to your favourite stars. Subscribe to TV Times magazine
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