Sarah Ferguson bravely opened up about her breast cancer diagnosis in the latest episode of her Tea Talks podcast, sharing that she hopes to raise awareness of the importance of mammograms by being open about her own illness.
The aim to raise awareness of health struggles is a passion she has passed on to her daughters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, both of whom she took to cancer wards on their eighteenth birthdays to ensure they were aware of the struggles that others face.
The Duchess of York went on to speak about how her daughters have fought their own health battles and work tirelessly to raise awareness of the issues they have each faced.
© Instagram"Beatrice literally goes out there and fights for dyslexia," Fergie said, before adding: "She talks publicly about how she had special needs at school."
Moving on to refer to Princess Eugenie, Sarah added about her younger daughter's scoliosis: "Eugenie has 12-inch metal rods down her back, and she talks publicly and even at Chelsea Flower Show, she talked openly about how important it is to destigmatise the scar."
© GettyReferring to how the royal wore a backless dress to her wedding, which proudly displayed her scar, Sarah added: "So many other people with scoliosis wear backless dresses now."
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On the subject of standing up for their beliefs, Sarah said of her girls: "Beatrice, Eugenie and I talk really strongly about championing what we believe. They are on the global stage, I think they're incredible, I always tell them nobody wants to see a grumpy princess."
© GettyMuch of the podcast episode focused on the Duchess' cancer diagnosis and subsequent mastectomy. “Tomorrow I’m going in for a mastectomy," she said matter of factly, before adding: "I want every single person who is listening to this podcast to go get checked, go get screened, and go do it."
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She also admitted before getting her screening she wasn’t about to go, and it was her sister that forced her to go. “Don’t wait,” she warned.
The Duchess was also very grateful for the diagnosis. “I taking this as a gift to make real changes for myself and to nurture myself and stop trying to fix everyone else.”
She shared her plans for the future, explaining: "I'm going to get super fit, super strong, really understand what it was that caused this to come as a shadow, look at it straight on," before revealing the milestones she wants to achieve in the coming years.
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"I want to go to mountains and meadows, to have a sense of adventure with nature and now is my chance. I'm going to go to Austria, or Scotland or Wales and climb mountains."
We're sending positive vibes to Duchess Sarah!
