I have wrong email entered so cannot verify icloud account

HI All
i just upgraded from an ipad two to an iPad Air. I decided to give my old ipad to my friend who has been in hospital with a broken back for 6 months to help her have some contact with the outside world.
i backed up everything on my old ipad to icloud and then transferred it over to my new machine. However, in the process somewhere my friend's email address became the verifying address for my icloud account. As I cannot log in to my friend's email acc not having her password and so on, my icloud account remains unverified and the box asking me to sign in to icloud keeps popping up not only on my ipad but iphone, asking for acc verification. It's also an old itunes ID that's coMing up. If I delete the acc apparently I lose everything I stored on icloud.
can anyone suggest how I can change the verifying email address to mine and update to my new ID? Thanks guys and ladies!!
Shirley

The verification address should be the primary email address associated with your ID (and it is also normally the same as the name of your ID).  This explains how to change the primary email address for your ID: Change your Apple ID.  After changing it to the correct address, click the Verify Now link next to the address and the verification email should then be sent to the correct address.

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