The Childline founder and former broadcaster was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in January 2023.

Dame Esther Rantzen has said she is planning an official Christmas before December 25 to give her a greater chance of being “alive to enjoy it” with her family.

The Childline founder and former broadcaster, 85, was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in January 2023, and has since been a leading voice in the campaign to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.

Writing for The Times, Dame Esther revealed that she has been diagnosed with a different kind of cancer and described it as “quite annoying” to be “attacked” by two different kinds of cancer at the same time.

She said: “This year I am planning an ‘official’ Christmas with my children and five grandchildren, slightly ahead of

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