Ferguson announced in June 2023 that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer following a routine mammogram. She later underwent a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. Just six months later, in January 2024, the duchess announced she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma, a type of skin cancer.

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, admitted her "mind went to some dark places" after she was diagnosed with breast cancer and skin cancer in the space of approximately seven months

Sarah Ferguson shed new light on her internal struggle as she dealt with two cancer diagnoses in less than 12 months. The Duchess of York said in a recent conversation with The Times that while she tends to be “generally a positive person,

Sarah Ferguson has revealed she went to "dark places" after being diagnosed with two different forms of cancer within months of each other. The Duchess of York, 65, told The Times: "It was hard. I'm generally a positive person but cancer is like a bomb going off in your life.

Sarah Ferguson has opened up about the “dark places” her mind went to when she was hit with the bombsell of different cancer diagnoses just months apart during a horror year for the royal family. In an interview with The Times,

Sarah Ferguson has revealed that having cancer was like a "bomb going off" in her life during a recent interview with The Times. The duchess, 65, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023 and underwent a single mastectomy.