I never really followed Jade's rise to fame after she crash landed onto our screens in Big Brother, but how could anyone ignore the publicity surrounding her cancer, wedding and untimely death?

Love her or loathe her, Jade was, after all, a mother and it was impossible not to be saddened by her death and the fact that two little boys will now grow up without their mummy. Who could forget those heart-breaking pictures of them sobbing at her wedding to Jack Tweed?

It's hard to imagine how Bobby, five and Freddie four, pictured in March, are making sense of what has happened to them over the last six months.

Their father, Jeff Brazier, has maintained a quiet dignity throughout this extremely difficult period in his young son's lives. Speaking out for the first time since Jade's death, he says, "the boys were the best and truest thing she ever did. She loved them with everything she had".

He insists he is putting their interests first, settling them into their new home and trying to keep their lives as normal as possible. For a single man in the celebrity spotlight, he certainly seems to be shouldering the burden of responsibility for their up-bringing extremely well, and with great maturity.

Jade may be gone, but she will certainly never be forgotten and you can bet that everyone's favourite Essex girl is keeping a keen eye on her boys and their father. She can be extremely proud of them all.