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The €4.3m Jade stashed away for her darling boys

Secret will: Trust fund for sons but nothing for new husband

Secret will: Jade left money for her two sons but nothing for new husband Jack Tweed

Secret will: Jade left money for her two sons but nothing for new husband Jack Tweed

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By Clodagh Sheehy

Wednesday March 25 2009

Jade Goody put away €4.3m and drew up a secret will to protect the future of her two young sons but left nothing to her new husband.

The generous reality TV star even left money to help street kids in an Indian village, who have hailed her a slumdog saviour.

A dying Jade told the father of her two sons, Jeff Brazier, that he will not have to worry about money as long as he makes a safe home for her boys.

But her husband of just four weeks, Jack Tweed (21), was left nothing at his own request.

Before she died, last Sunday, Jade revealed, "Everything I have, my houses and my money, is going to my sons. Jack wants this just as much as me.

"I offered him my Essex house but he refused, saying he couldn't stay there without me. I've always wanted my family to have what I never could."

The 27-year-old left the plush Essex home where she died to her mother Jackiey Budden (50).

Jade also donated over €100,000 to charities for underprivileged kids in India like those in the film Slumdog Millionaire.

Millionaire

In the last few months of her life Jade stashed away €4.3m for her two boys, Bobby (5) and Freddy (4), by signing lucrative media deals. The money has been put in a trust fund which the boys cannot access until they are 21.

The former dental nurse managed to transform herself from debt stricken to millionaire in seven short years. When she entered the Big Brother house in 2002 she had just been evicted from a council flat in London owing over €3,000 in rent.

The bubbly star has left a legacy that will see thousands of other women saved from the deadly cervical cancer that claimed Jade's life.

Cancer charities have reported a huge upsurge in women getting tests since Jade went public with her cancer battle.

Meanwhile, spokesman Max Clifford has confirmed that Jack Tweed would be able to attend his wife's funeral. He was due to be sentenced for an assault this week but his sentencing has been postponed to May. Jade's funeral service will take place on Saturday, April 4 and thousands are expected to line the streets.

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- Clodagh Sheehy

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