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Woman finds love with late husband's best friend following his death

Michelle Nicklin was pregnant with twin babies and her husband, 24-year-old Jamie, a chef, had been diagnosed with terminal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Michelle and Kevin Grantham with one of their daughters

In a move that most would consider an abomination, or at least wrong in some way, a woman married her husband's best friend following the loss of his life to cancer.

Michelle Nicklin was pregnant with twin babies and her husband, 24-year-old Jamie, a chef, had been diagnosed with terminal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

The couple made the brave ­decision to go ahead with IVF treatment using his frozen sperm to give him the family he desperately wanted.

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Tragically, her husband lost his battle against the disease when she was barely three months pregnant and Michelle, a widow at just 22, had to bring her new babies, a boy and a girl, into the world all by herself.

After the overwhelming grief, Michelle found love in the most unlikely place, with the late Jamie's best friend, Kevin Grantham.

She and Jamie had enjoyed a long friendship with Kevin Grantham and enjoyed regular get-togethers, and Michelle along with Kelvin had both been devastated by Jamie’s death.

Helping to support each other through their grief, Michelle and Kevin eventually fell in love.

The couple, now married, have a daughter of their own, 4-year-old Kara.

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Michelle, 29, a care assistant who lives in Bicester, Oxon, with Kevin, 32, who works in sales, and the children, says:

“I’ve finally found ­happiness again. When I lost Jamie, it was devastating and I never thought I would find such happiness again. I feel very lucky to have found love again.

“And its lovely that Jamie and Kevin knew each other for years. I know Jamie would approve of me marrying Kevin and that he is looking after our twins.”

Jamie had been diagnosed with non-­Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a rare cancer which develops in the lymphatic system, a few weeks before he met Michelle.

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Michelle says: “He was only 20 and really fit and sporty. He loved playing rugby and it seemed so hard to believe that someone so young and fit could have cancer.

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