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The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Laura Hampson

Dame Deborah James planned her own funeral, Lorraine Kelly reveals

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Lorraine Kelly has revealed that Dame Deborah James planned her own funeral, after the cancer campaigner was laid to rest in an intimate service on Wednesday (20 July).

The TV host called the funeral “perfection, as you would expect” while appearing on Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning (21 July).

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