Making God laugh : the most beautiful true story of love and loss you will ever read

Mixing with celebrity strata from princes to Prime Ministers, Ellen has graced prime-time television and various national publications, as well as co-hosting a hugely successful national radio show with Derek.

From delivering herself to the Beatles in a giant parcel as a teenager to her star-studded wedding to Derek in Arundel Cathedral, there are happy memories galore.

But life has not always been so kind to Ellen. Growing up with the burden of a dysfunctional family of heavy drinkers, it wouldn't be long before Ellen succumbed to demons of her own.

A hell of drugs, sex and suicidal compulsion threatened to engulf her, but in a testament to human endurance she fought through to recovery and the beckon of a brighter life. This is her remarkable love story.