Goody 'friends with Brunei prince'

Jade Goody has claimed that she is friends with the Sultan of Brunei's son, Prince Azim.

The reality TV star said that the 25-year-old prince - heir to his father's £20 billion fortune - has given her gifts including a ring worth an estimated £3 million.

She told the Daily Mail: "I have become quite friendly with the Prince of Brunei. He wanted to meet me, we met and got on like a house on fire. He gave me a ring and it's huge, full of diamonds."

Goody also claims to have met a number of Hollywood stars through her new friend, who is a regular at showbiz parties in London. She said: "We go round to his house, he's wicked. I have met so many people through him, like Johnny Depp and Mariah Carey."

She added that the pair plan to launch a TV career together in the US, saying: "So now I am going to America with someone who looks after Will Smith and Halle Berry and they have taken a real interest in me and I have got a lot of work lined up [there]."