The TV star, who has stage 4 lung cancer, was centre stage of a fun-filled and raucous family celebration at which they made memories to last a lifetime.
A flood of letters and emails poured into the Daily Express during the Yuletide period, universally backing the 83-year-old presenter s wish for dignity in death.
The broadcaster, who has stage four lung cancer , said she has heard tales of intolerable suffering since revealing that she has joined assisted-dying clinic Dignitas.