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Hannah Roberts

George Clarke delivers ‘beautiful’ Strictly dance in tribute to his mother

George Clarke and Alexis Warr (Guy Levy/BBC/PA) - (PA Media)

Strictly Come Dancing star George Clarke has been praised for a “beautiful” performance dedicated to his mother, who was recently diagnosed with cancer.

Ahead of his dance on Saturday, Clarke said in a video that his mother had been diagnosed with a brain inflammation condition called encephalitis when he was 16 and added: “Unfortunately, recently, she got diagnosed with cancer, nobody deserves what she’s gone through… there’s not a lot I can do to help so to give her this is special.”

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