BBC Breakfast’s Sally Nugent fights back tears as she pays tribute to Deborah James after heart-wrenching final post

Deborah James' Bowel Babe fundraiser has now reached £6million in less than a week after launching her fundraiser.The 40 year old star, who has been bravely fighting bowel cancer for five years, launched the fundraiser as she wrote a heartbreaking "goodbye" post on Monday 9 May and explained her body "just wasn't playing ball". Deborah, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer at age 35, had initially intended to raise £250,000 for Cancer Research UK, but soon surpassed her target as her story struck a chord with people across the country. In less than a week, Deborah's fundraiser has now hit more than £6million and she was even presented with a Damehood by Prince William, who visited her home to award her with the honorary title and have afternoon tea with her and her family.

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Deborah James received a Damehood, with Prince William paying a visit to the British TV host’s home to present her with the distinguished honour in person.

Dame Deborah James and her family are staying positive despite the mum-of-two currently receiving end-of-life care. Deborah, 40, announced earlier this week that she was receiving hospice care from her home and penned a heartbreaking “goodbye" post on Monday 9 May, revealing that her body “just wasn’t playing ball”. She then asked for people to donate to her Bowel Babe fund in her honour.

The Duke of Cambridge has presented podcast host Deborah James with a damehood at her family home - popping in and enjoying a glass of champagne in the sun. The 40-year-old, known online as Bowel Babe, was honoured for her 'tireless campaigning' to raise awareness of bowel cancer.

The Duke of Cambridge has presented podcast host Deborah James with a damehood at her family home.

Deborah James has shared a series of snaps with Prince William after the Duke of Cambridge visited her at her family home. Earlier today, it was revealed that Deborah - who is tragically dying of bowel cancer - has raised a staggering £5 million in a matter of days for Cancer Research, sparking people to campaign for her to be made a Dame. Sharing photos with the Prince on Instagram, Deborah, 40, gushed over how "surreal" it was to meet the 39 year old Royal.

Deborah James has reached her target of £5million to raise money for Cancer Research UK after announcing she's moved to end-of-life care.The 40 year old, who has been courageously battling bowel cancer for five years, wrote a heartbreaking “goodbye" post on Monday 9 May, revealing that her body “just wasn’t playing ball”. Mum-of-two Deborah started a Just Giving page in a bid to raise an initial £250,000 for charity, but was blown away when she surpassed the number by millions in just days.

Deborah James has admitted she is "getting more and more sleepy" as she shared a message of thanks to her fans on social media. On Friday (May 13), the podcast host confessed she is finding "life a little harder" in a post to her 623,000 followers on Instagram.

Deborah James was left in floods of tears as she responded to the Queen's decision to her a Damehood. Sharing an emotional update on her Instagram page, the 40 year old mum-of-two, who is married to husband Sebastian Bowen, said she was left "humbled" by the honour, and couldn't believe she was even considered for it.

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Few can deny they have been moved by Deborah James' heartbreaking revelation that she is now receiving end of life care in light of her terminal bowel cancer.The podcaster told her followers she does not know "how long I've got left" as she said there was nothing more that could be done to save her. But one person for whom the news has hit particularly hard is Kate Middleton, given that she is the same age as Deborah and they are both hands on, devoted mothers to young children.

Ben Shephard was quick to pull his co-host Kate Garraway up after she appeared to make a name blunder during the latest episode of Good Morning Britain. The pair were back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Friday (May 13).

The Queen has been pictured beaming as she made her first public appearance since March on Friday (13 May).

The fundraiser set up by Deborah James in support of cancer research in the UK has hit the £4 million mark after just four days. Deborah, 40, surpassed her original goal of £250,000 in donations soon after creating the Bowel Babe Fund when she announced she has devastatingly been moved to end of life care while suffering from stage four bowel cancer. Having received support on her Just Giving page from over 250,000 supporters so far, including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the BBC podcaster looks set to reach near her new target of “£5 million by the weekend”.

Molly-Mae Hague has shared an anecdote about Deborah James after the presenter raised £4million for charity.The terminally ill presenter has been made a Dame after raising just short of millions 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” and has raised millions of pounds in just a few days to go towards research and treatment of the disease.Taking to Twitter, Molly-Mae shared how she was “so inspired” by Deborah’s work. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Posting a photo of a television segment covering Deborah’s fundraising campaign, Molly Mae wrote: “You are incredible @bowelbabe “My mum went to an event especially to meet Deborah a few years back because we were so inspired by her journey/podcast.

Julia Bradbury has spoken out in support of Deborah James she raises awareness around cancer after revealing she's been moved to end-of-life care. Deborah, 40, 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 whopping £4million.

A friend of the inspirational Deborah James has said the podcast host and campaigner is 'blown away' after being awarded a Damehood. It was announced on Thursday evening (May 12) that the Queen would honour Deborah outside of the usual schedule.