A woman who hit headlines around the world when she became pregnant with eight babies has died aged 56, of cancer.
Mandy Allwood tragically lost all her babies at birth, six boys and two girls, 26 years ago.
They were born over three days at just 24 weeks.
Mandy was personally comforted by Princess Diana at the time.
Mandy went on to have three children but never recovered from the trauma of losing her eight babies.
She said she experienced phantom pregnancies, where she claims she could still feel her babies kicking.
Mandy will be cremated in a service funded by her local council with no mourners present, reports The Mirror.
Mandy’s friend, Mark Beard, 58, told The Sun : “She had been struggling with cancer for a while and had an operation before Christmas but told us recently that it had come back. I don’t know what sort of cancer it was.”
Mandy named her lost octuplets Kypros, Adam, Martyn, Cassius, Nelson, Donald, Kitali and Layne, and they were all laid to rest in tiny white coffins.
Speaking in 2018 she talked about how Princess Diana had reached out to her. The pair then met several times in London hotels where the Royal offered her support.
Mandy said: "She was absolutely lovely. She gave me a hug, showed me lots of support and told me she liked my dress.
“When we first met she said to me ‘thank you for keeping me off the front pages for a change’. It was a massive boost for me."
