A SCHOOLGIRL who spent two years battling leukaemia was granted her wish of a lifetime when she met Santa in Lapland.

Isabelle Franklin, seven, jetted off with parents Sue and Adam to meet Father Christmas, thanks to the Make A Wish Foundation.

Isabelle, of Plough Road, Great Bentley, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in May 2012, when she was just four.

Mum Sue said: “It was magical. It was like it wasn’t real and like howyou imagine it in a fairy story. It was just perfect.”

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