The 15-year-old Newcastle resident died in hospital last Monday after a decade-long stint with the disease.
Chelsea’s mother, Donna James, received a vase filled with 90 white roses and a personal card signed off with Beyoncé’s name on Thursday.
‘Donna, love and prayers to you and your family. Chelsea was a beautiful girl and I am so happy I was able to meet her. She touched my heart and I will never forget her,' the card read.
Chelsea Lee James, the Australian girl whose
dream came true when she was drawn on stage by her idol Beyonce, died in
hospital last Monday
The 15-year-old from Newcastle, north of Sydney, succumbed to the cancer she had been fighting for over a decade
Chelsea was famously drawn on stage by her idol Beyoncé during a 2009 concert in Sydney.
The singer serenaded Chelsea in front of more than 20,000 people at Acer Arena as she dedicated her last song Halo to the young cancer patient.
They met a second time last November after children’s cancer charity Camp Quality organised a backstage meeting during Beyoncé’s Mrs Carter world tour.
She dedicated Destiny Child’s anthem Survivor to the teen, yelling out: ‘Yeah Chelsea’ after the chorus.
The young girl shed tears when she was drawn on stage by Beyonce in front of 20,000 people at Sydney's Acer Arena in 2009
Beyoncé later sent a text message to Chelsea’s family saying: ‘My beautiful angel! Thank you for the pictures. You have no idea how happy you made me seeing you. I will see you next time I’m in Australia. Love, Beyonce.’
The flowers, sent through a New York florist, proved Chelsea and Beyonce shared an ‘amazing bond’, according to Ms James.
‘There was a connection there for sure, there was something about the both of them,’ she told the Newcastle Herald.
‘Chelsea passed away with a smile on her face, and I know that smile is even bigger now.’
Chelsea walked across the stage with her idol Beyonce
The teenager passed away surrounded by family and friends after being rushed John Hunter Children’s hospital when her condition deteriorated.
Chelsea’s mother posted a touching tribute to her daughter on Facebook on Monday night after she died.
‘RIP my baby girl,’ she wrote.
‘You can rest, love u always mummy.’
Chelsea was overcome with emotion as she left the stage
She ran into her mother Donna's arms as she came off the stage
Earlier in the day she posted a desperate message calling her son Ryan to Chelsea's bedside.
'All my family need to get up to see Chelsea ASAP hurry someone see Ryan tell him to get up the hospital ASAP,' she wrote.
Tributes have since flowed in for the girl who touched thousands of hearts when the video of her on stage with Beyonce went viral.
One user wrote: 'I have had the pleasure and honour of supporting her on her journey. A (sic) brave little girl, taken too soon.
'To say I’m devastated is the understatement of the year. God bless you little one.'
Chelsea is survived by her mother Donna, father Brian and siblings Ryan, Jasmine and Beau.
Chelsea was reunited with the singer in November
last year when Children's cancer charity Camp Quality organised for her
to go backstage at one of her concerts
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