Jay Slater's mum sleeps in his bed ahead of tragic England World Cup anniversary

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When England play their opening match of the World Cup on June 17, it will be a bitter sweet moment for mum Debbie Duncan . The second anniversary of her son Jay Slater’s death during a trip to Tenerife, when they last spoke, on June 16, 2024, he said he was going to watch England play Serbia in Euro 24 - a game they won 1-0. Debbie, 57, says: "I don’t know how I’m going to feel really. It will be strange. He told me, 'I'm not going mad today, Mum’. England were playing. He said, ‘I am going to