Britain's Octomum who lost her eight babies has died of cancer aged 56.
Mandy Allwood made international headlines 26 years ago when she announced she was excepting octuplets.
Tragically at 24 weeks, Mandy gave birth to six boys and two girls over three days and three nights - but none of the babies survived.
She 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.
She later split from her partner Paul Hudson. Mandy was arrested in November 2007 for driving while three times the drink-drive limit while she had all three of her children in her car.
She then lost custody of her kids and became estranged from her family.
Now on Friday morning, Mandy will be cremated in a service funded by her local council with no mourners present.
Her close family told The Sun that they would not be attending.
Mandy’s friend, Mark Beard, 58, said 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.”
Mark, who is the landlord of the Yard of Ale pub in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks, said Mandy would pop in two times a week.
He said: “She blended in really well and was always up for a chat. She was a bit eccentric and nutty but that’s why we loved her."
Mark said about a dozen of Mandy’s pals were raising a glass for her tonight.
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.
In 2015, she told The Sun: "Ever since I gave birth I have felt them kicking and moving every day.
"The feeling comes especially under my breastbone, it is like a sharp stabbing pain. I can feel it now as I’m talking."
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."
