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    Queen says she is 'pleased' to award special Damehood to 'blown away and incredibly honoured' podcaster Deborah James - who has raised £3.8m since revealing she was now getting end-of-life care in her brave battle with bowel cancer



    Deborah James has been honoured with a Damehood after raising £3.8million (inset) for charity since Monday as she revealed she was receiving end-of-life care. The Queen led praise for the 40-year-old BBC podcaster, saying she was 'pleased' to approve the damehood, while the Prime Minister said 'if ever an honour was richly deserved, this is it'. The former headteacher was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016 and has kept her more than 500,000 Instagram followers up to date with her treatments. On Thursday night, Number 10 confirmed that James is to be made a dame, saying: 'The Queen has been pleased to approve that the honour of damehood be conferred upon Deborah James.'


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    'Take it easy up there... Here's to you': Dame Deborah James' brother pays touching tribute to 'big sis Debs' as family, friends and celebrities bid farewell to the cancer campaigner at her funeral



    Benjamin James posted the heartfelt words on Instagram before the funeral took place on Wednesday and said her legacy would 'go on forever'. He accompanied the touching words with a selection of images of the pair showing their close bond, including an image of them running the Race for Life, which raises funds for cancer research. He wrote: 'Big sis, Debs. Thank you for teaching me how to live life to the full since the day I was born - you made me find that life worth enjoying! Saying bye is never going to be easy, but knowing you achieved more than any of us could ever dream of…and so, so much more…makes it that little bit more bearable. Your legacy will go on forever and we'll do our very best to make you proud. Take it easy up there. Here's to you x.' Dame Deborah, a podcast host and mother of two who became known as Bowelbabe - after her social media handle - died last month aged 40 after being diagnosed with


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11033963/Dame-Deborah-James-brother-pays-touching-tribute-big-sis-Debs.html
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