Sarah Harding's beloved mum shared the pop favourite's final wish after she died today aged just 39.
Mum Marie added in her last days pop queen Sarah was comforted knowing she was loved by fans and family.
In a tender message on the star's Instagram, mum Marie wrote: “It’s with deep heartbreak that today I’m sharing the news that my beautiful daughter Sarah has sadly passed away.
"Many of you will know of Sarah’s battle with cancer and that she fought so strongly from her diagnosis until her last day. She slipped away peacefully this morning. I’d like to thank everyone for their kind support over the past year.
She added Sarah's final wish was to be remembered not for her terrible disease but just as she was.
She wrote: "It meant the world to Sarah and it gave her great strength and comfort to know she was loved. I know she won’t want to be remembered for her fight against this terrible disease – she was a bright shining star and I hope that’s how she can be remembered instead."
Brave Sarah had undergone gruelling treatment to beat the cancer, including a mastectomy and intensive chemotherapy since first being diagnosed in summer 2020.
But in March this year she revealed the devastating news that the cancer had spread to her spine and she knew she was dying.
Sarah was considering treatment options for a secondary tumour at the base of her spine, which had possibly grown into her brain, but had ruled out radiotherapy because she didn't want to lose her hair.
Having already faced the trauma of losing her breast and being too ill to have a reconstruction - which had left her unable to look in the mirror - Sarah wanted to keep her blonde hair.
In her book Hear Me Out, Sarah wrote: "In December my doctor told me that the upcoming Christmas would probably be my last."
She added: "I'm at a stage now where I don't know how many months I have left.
"I don't want to feel like I have to spend whatever time I have left hiding away."
Sarah had moved back in with her mum after she fell ill and the pair spent their last months together laughing at old episodes of Family Guy and bonding over their shared love of roast chicken.
She spoke of the joy of finding pleasure in the little things, like lie-ins.
