Saturday 28 May 2022 08:40 PM Dame Deborah James looks stunning in charity collection as her Bowelbabe fund ... trends now
Dame Deborah James has raised a huge £6.5million for her cancer fundraiser since announcing the start of her end-of-life care.
The 40-year-old BBC podcaster has been living with stage four bowel cancer since December 2016, but since her health took a turn in early May, she launched the Bowel Babe fund to continue her legacy.
In the three weeks since first sharing her fundraiser on JustGiving, she has smashed her target of £250,000 for Cancer Research UK to reach over £6,570,000 as of Saturday 28 May, with over 302,000 supporters chipping in.
She has launched a collection with InTheStyle this week, to raise money for the bowelbabe fund, which has hit more than £6.5 million since she announced she's receiving end-of-life care at her parents' home in Woking.
The collection with InTheStyle is available to pre-order until 8am on Monday, with 100 per cent of the profits going to Bowel Babe for Cancer Research UK.
Dame Deborah James has raised a huge £6.5million for her cancer fundraiser since announcing the start of her end-of-life care
Deborah has been living with stage four bowel cancer since she was diagnosed in December 2016 and said designging the collection gave her something to focus on other than her illness.
'From now until I die, I'm wearing a different dress each day. Sounds slightly odd and morbid but I'm enjoying it so much,' she said.
In her photos with Prince William when he visited, she wore an InTheStyle number from her collection, ahead of announcing its launch.
In a video announcing the news on her Instagram, Dame Deborah answered questions about the collection.
Revealing the process of designing her collection, she said that at the time, she was living a 'hybrid' life and working between home and the hospital.
But she said: 'We made it, we got it done. I was enjoying it. It was kind of bringing me to life,
