Ex-Eastenders actress Wendy Richard has spoken to the Daily Star about her heartbreak at being told she’s dying of cancer.

The star revealed that she’s written a will and has planned her funeral after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease which has attacked her kidneys and spread to her bones.

The 65-year-old, who’s beaten breast cancer twice, is now going to marry her long-term partner John Burns next Friday, just three days before starting chemotherapy.

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Former Eastenders actress, Wendy Richards is to star in ITV comedy, Benidorm.

Best known as Pailine Fowler, Wendy will reportedly play a “loud-mouthed, rude” wheelchair-bound character.

An insider told The Sun: “She is really looking forward to being a part of this series - she was a huge fan of the first.”