The daughter of Twickenham comedian Jennifer Saunders was devastated last night by the news a close friend died in Afghanistan.
Ella, 21, was a school pal of soldier Jack Sadler, 21, who was killed by a roadside bomb. The pair attended the £9,000 Exeter School in Devon.
Trooper Jack, of the Honourable Artillery Company, was killed while on patrol in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.
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