{"id":243838,"date":"2023-12-15T15:16:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T15:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=243838"},"modified":"2023-12-15T15:16:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T15:16:04","slug":"jade-goodys-mother-jackiey-budden-polishes-the-late-stars-headstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/celebrities\/jade-goodys-mother-jackiey-budden-polishes-the-late-stars-headstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Jade Goody's mother\u00a0Jackiey Budden polishes the late star's headstone"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jade Goody’s mother Jackiey Budden appeared heartbroken as she visited the late star’s grave in Epping Forest on Wednesday, 14 years after her death.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Looking bereft, the Celebrity Big Brother alum, 66, sobbed while polishing Jade’s headstone and laying down images of the star and her children Bobby, who is currently appearing on Strictly Come Dancing, and Freddie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One of the images she placed on the grave showed\u00a0Bobby, 20, and his professional dance partner <\/span>Dianne Buswell, 34, dancing on the show with the words: ‘Doing Jade proud’ laid on top, while she also left childhood shots of the boys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Jackiey’s upset has been well-documented, as earlier this month, she spoke of her heartache at being unable to watch her grandson perform on Strictly from the studio audience due to a family rift with his father Jeff Brazier.<\/p>\n Speaking about her trip to the grave, a friend of Jackiey’s told MailOnline: ‘She wants more than anything to show Bobby that he is thinking of her on what is most certainly the biggest day of his career…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jade Goody’s mother Jackiey Budden appeared heartbroken as she visited the late star’s grave in Epping Forest on Wednesday, 14 years after her death<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Looking bereft, the Celebrity Big Brother alum, 66, sobbed while polishing Jade’s headstone and laying down images of the star and her children Bobby, who is currently appearing on Strictly Come Dancing, and Freddie<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of the images she placed on the grave showed Bobby, 20, and his professional dance partner Dianne Buswell , 34, dancing on the show with the words: ‘Doing Jade proud’ laid on top, while she also left childhood shots of the boys<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jackiey worked hard at creating a festive scene at the graveside, as she placed an Elf On A Shelf mascot in a nearby tree, erected Christmas tree shaped decorations and then vigorously polished the headstone with a cloth<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She laid out the Christmas trimmings on the headstone at the Essex cemetery\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jeff is pictured leaving the\u00a0Royal Marsden Hospital with his sons in March 2009, shortly before Jade’s tragic death\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018She couldn\u2019t be there to watch him in person but Jackiey wanted to show her love and support and this was literally the only way she knew how…<\/p>\n ‘She also wanted to get Jade\u2019s voice out there, she wanted to make sure it was remembered that Bobby was Jade\u2019s son as well as Jeff\u2019s. She is the boys\u2019 only link to Jade and she doesn\u2019t want that forgotten.\u2019<\/p>\n Jackiey worked hard at creating a festive scene at the graveside, as she placed an Elf On A Shelf mascot in a nearby tree, erected Christmas tree shaped decorations and then vigorously polished the headstone with a cloth.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jade appeared on Big Brother’s third series back in 2002, entering the house as an unknown dental assistant from south-east London before soaring to huge fame however she tragically passed away from cervical cancer in 2009.\u00a0<\/p>\n Earlier this month,\u00a0MailOnline revealed that Jackiey has been kept away from the Strictly audience over a heartbreaking family rift.<\/p>\n Ahead of his second performance, Bobby was sent a series of good luck messages from friends and family. His dad Jeff had said that getting to the son would be the ‘best Christmas present’ – but his grandmother was nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n Because of a falling-out with Jeff, his maternal grandmother Jackiey has been unable to secure a seat at any of this series’ live shows.<\/p>\n Three days ago Jackiey gave up and came up with a different plan to illustrate her support for the Strictly sensation. A source tells me: \u2018It\u2019s non-negotiable, Jackiey isn\u2019t going to Strictly. \u2018<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Speaking about her trip to the grave, a friend of Jackiey’s told MailOnline: ‘She wants more than anything to show Bobby that he is thinking of her on what is most certainly the biggest day of his career’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She was clearly broken by the trip to the grave\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Poignantly, it meant that she missed his emotional tribute to his late mother \u2013 and her only child \u2013 Jade a fortnight ago (Jade and Jeff are pictured in August 2002)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Only last week, Jackiey described the TV presenter, who has been attending the shows at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire with youngest son Freddy, as a ‘c**k’<\/p>\n Friends of the family said Jackiey and Jeff, who has looked after the boys since Jade’s death, fell out some years back and have not been able to repair their relationship.<\/p>\n Only last week, Jackiey described the TV presenter, who has been attending the shows at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire with youngest son Freddy, as a ‘c**k’.<\/p>\n One friend told the Mail: ‘Jeff and Jackiey haven’t got on for a long time and it has been hard. It has meant that Jackiey hasn’t been able to be in the audience to watch Bobby, things are just too bad between her and his father…<\/p>\n ‘He and his brother Freddy are her only grandchildren and she adores them, there is nothing she would love more than to be there to watch him live.’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Only last week, Jackiey described the TV presenter, who has been attending the shows at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire with youngest son Freddy, as a ‘c**k’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One friend told the Mail: ‘Jeff and Jackiey haven’t got on for a long time and it has been hard. It has meant that Jackiey hasn’t been able to be in the audience to watch Bobby, things are just too bad between her and his father’<\/p>\n