She had gathered all her strength to walk down the aisle for her fairytale wedding.

But as cancer-riddled Jade Goody returned home last night she could no longer hide her agony.

Fighting back tears, the mother-of-two had to be helped into her Essex house by her new husband Jack Tweed and her assistants.

Moments later, her devoted groom had to leave for his mother's home to meet parole conditions imposed after he was released from jail earlier this year.

Her mum Jackiey Budden said: 'She's very tired. The wedding day was fantastic, but it has worn her out.'

Her publicist Max Clifford said: 'She was emotional and exhausted. It is possible she and Jack have just spent their only night together.'

Jade was so exhausted following the wedding, she spent most of Monday in bed.

'I've had the happiest day of my life,' she told OK! magazine at the wedding party at Down Hall Country House Hotel in Hatfield Heath, Essex, before poignantly adding: 'Now I'm ready to go to heaven.'

Jack, who was jailed for 18 months last year for assaulting a 16-year-old boy with a golf club, is currently tagged and on a home detention curfew.

He and Jade, were only able to spend their wedding night together after Justice Secretary Jack Straw waived the curfew so the couple could be together for the entirety of their special day.

The brave star reportedly danced through her pain as pop trio Sugababes played live at her wedding reception.

Jade also enjoyed her first dance as husband and wife with Jack to Aerosmith's wedding classic Don't Want To Miss A Thing.

Her proud grandfather John Craddock told the Daily Mirror: 'You should have seen her dancing with all those dolly birds. She was jumping up and down dancing like a jive bunny. It was brilliant. She had a wild time.'

She went to bed alone at 10.30pm, barely managing to stay awake for the fireworks display.

Meanwhile Jack continued celebrating into the early hours with her sons Bobby, five, and Freddie, four, tearing around the hotel with the delighted youngsters until 2.30am.

Earlier yesterday, Bobby and Freddie were seen arriving home with their grandmother Jackiey.

On Sunday, brave bride Jade summoned the strength to stand throughout her moving 30-minute speech at her wedding reception.

She brought guests to tears and laughter as she admitted she was 'praying for a miracle' after being given weeks to live.

The 27-year-old addressed nearly 200 guests at the Down Hall Country Court Hotel in Hatfield Heath, Essex, after marrying Jack in an emotional service.

Hours before the wedding, Jade gave Jack her blessing to find love again after her death.

A friend told The Sun: 'It was Jade's dying wish to marry Jack. But she's so selfless and wants him to be happy.

'She's told him he should see other people when he feels the time is right.'

Jade had arranged a ‘perfect’ day with the help of friends and well wishers, knowing that her cervical cancer has spread and is now terminal.

Dressed in a designer ivory gown, the reality star arrived at her wedding 45 minutes late to be given away by her grandfather John Caddock, 70.

And she chose not to wear a wig although she lost all of her hair after enduring gruelling chemotherapy.

Her spokesman Max said: 'She didn't want to wear a wig. She was bald and proud.'

Terminally ill Miss Goody had had a difficult night before the wedding and needed heavy medical assistance to cope with the severe pain the cancer is causing.

She had arrived at the venue by helicopter with medical staff on standby.

Despite the pain, she was determined to battle through standing for some of the 40-minute ceremony.

But she was forced to ask for a chair towards the end as exhaustion set in.

She managed to find enough strength hours later as she thanked friends and family for their support during a moving speech.

Her ??3,500 dress, donated by Harrods, had to be specially adapted with a pouch to keep her cocktail of cancer drugs in.

Tweed, 21, knelt beside her for the period she was unable to stand so that they could maintain eye contact.

Clifford added: ‘It was an outstanding heart-rending ceremony with lots of tears and laughs.

‘They are a couple very much in love. They are very happy to be married. This is their one night together and it may be their only night together, compliments of Jack Straw.’

He added she had been in good spirits during the ceremony but the couple wept as they exchanged vows.

Later, as they signed the register, her sons from her relationship with television presenter Jeff Brazier, Freddie, four and Bobby, five, sat on the couple’s lap.

The boys then helped carry their mothers train as she and her new husband made their way out of the church to a standing ovation.

Ten white doves were released as the couple left the building.

More than 200 guests attended the service, including Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross and Blue singer Antony Costa while TV presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan arrived for the reception.

Clifford added: ‘It was just a very beautiful, very moving service. (The couple are) obviously very much in love, which the bishop commented on. They were very happy to be there and get married.

'I think it's a huge relief that she was able to handle it the way she did, because obviously it's been a worry to her.’

They planned the wedding in only nine days but were flooded with offers for help and financial assistance from well wishers to help cover the ??315,000 costs.

Tweed proposed on February 13 at Jade's hospital bedside after doctors said she had just weeks to live because cervical cancer had spread to her liver and bowel.

In a bid to leave her sons a decent amount of money in a trust fund, Miss Goody has signed a ??1.5million deal with a celebrity magazine and television company to cover the event.

A crowd gathered outside the grounds of the stately home but security guards and local policemen patrolled the 110-acre site and the roads outside in a bid to ensure privacy.

Immediately after the ceremony, Jade also made her way through an exhausting two-hour photoshoot for the magazine which had been part of the deal.

She then slept for a couple of hours to regain her strength before spending the evening celebrating her nuptials with friends and family.