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Pampered teen Saffron Drewitt-Barlow reveals decision to have a baby via a surrogate is so seriously ill dad can meet his grandkids
BRITAIN'S most pampered teen Saffron Drewitt-Barlow has revealed she wants to have a baby via a surrogate - so that her seriously ill dad can meet his grandkids.
Yesterday we revealed that a famous British singer and pal of Saffron’s dads, Barrie and Tony Drewitt Barlow, could be chosen to carry the child she plans to have with boyfriend Scott.
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Speaking on Good Morning Britain today, the super-rich 18-year-old said: "I’ve watched both my parents go through four failed IVF attempts in the UK and it was hard to see my parents go through that, and I want my parents to see my grandchildren, especially my dad since he’s ill, in case anything does happen."
Saffron added that she is keen to have twins and wants to donate any spare embryos from that procedure to her fathers because they want more children.
She and twin brother Aspen were the first children in the UK to be registered as having two fathers.
Saffron explained: "I’m going to donate my eggs to my parents, but they’re going to be my kids, just brought up by my parents, so they’re going to be my parents’ grandkids, but they’re still going to be my kids, but brought up by my parents."
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Scott said: "Saffron’s my princess so I respect what route she wants to go down. I’m just down for whatever."
Last week we revealed Saffron's agony after dad Tony was given "18 months to live".
Tony fought throat cancer in 2006 but could now die from a horrific side effect of the treatment.
Speaking about his illness for the first time on GMB, Tony said: "I'm just taking it one day at a time at the moment.
"I've got something called osteoradionecrosis in my jaw, it goes from here down to my chin. I have my operation on March 1, I'm just getting continual infections right now and the doctor said if I don't have the operation, sepsis will set in quite quickly and it could be fatal.
"They take a bone out of my leg and take my jaw off completely, then shape the bone into a new jaw, then pull the skin back over.
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"It's about two weeks inpatient hospitalisation, and about a six month rehabilitation. The main thing is I won't be able to speak or swallow, I won't have any solid foods for a few months.
"The main thing is I haven't got cancer, and I'm alive and I've still got my husband and my kids. I feel blessed that I've had 12 years so far."
Last week we revealed that Barrie and Tony have threatened to stop 18-year-old son Aspen’s £7,000-a-month allowance for fears he’s "going off the rails" with wild £50,000 nights out and "eight girls a weekend".
Barrie is desperate for Aspen to concentrate on getting his dad better and "settle down with a nice girl".
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