Major royal admits it took being ‘cut open’ for cancer to tackle binge eating addiction
Sarah Ferguson has revealed it took being ‘cut open’ due to cancer to tackle her food addiction and get a new lease on life.
Prince Andrew’s 65-year-old ex-wife is currently in Australia on a book tour, just weeks after King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the country.
The Duchess of York was interviewed by the Daily Telegraph on Sunday when she spoke about the aftershock of her breast cancer diagnosis last year.
The royal family member underwent a single mastectomy and was later discovered to have malignant melanoma when she underwent reconstructive breast surgery.
Fergie said she only went for the routine mammogram because her “bossy” sister Jane, who lives on the New South Wales Central Cost, had nagged her.
“My melanoma scars, the scars from my cancer, I literally had to be cut into pieces to cut away the addictions to self-doubt and self-judgment that I have lived with since I was 11.”
‘Don’t wait to be cut open to cut away the addiction. My addiction was my addiction to food.
‘So I ate to compensate for my feelings. It started at 11 o’clock, my whole world was food and my life was in the bottom right corner.’
Sarah Ferguson has claimed she needed to be ‘cut open’ due to cancer to tackle her food addiction. Pictured
Prince Andrew’s former wife underwent a single mastectomy and later discovered malignant melanoma when she underwent reconstructive breast surgery, says her health fears pushed her to tackle her addictions
The British royal said the cancer caused her to reprioritize and put her life first, rather than food.
“When I got cancer, I put my life on the line again and my food where it had a right to be, not on purpose. It just happened because I realized I was eating instead of living. At 65, I am now free from the shackles of unworthiness and self-doubt,” she said.
Ferguson added that she now has more of a sense of purpose.
“I’m a badass grandma with a sense of purpose, a badass grandma, a sexy, juicy, badass grandma.”
‘Don’t wait to be cut open to cut away the addiction. My addiction was my addiction to food,” she said, before claiming she is now “a badass grandmother with a sense of purpose.”
Fergie recently became an official patron of Prevent Breast Cancer, which she described as “an incredible organization dedicated to the prediction and prevention of breast cancer.”
The Duchess recently celebrated her 65th birthday with her daughter, Princess Beatrice.
Beatrice, married to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, is currently pregnant with her second child.
Princess Beatrice (left) and mother Sarah Ferguson attended the Lady Garden Foundation Langan’s Ladies Lunch in London on October 15
Although she has been advised against using the phrase “cancer-free,” Sarah writes The sun recently said her “treatment has been successful and tests show no spread or recurrence.”
Her other daughter, Princess Eugenie, also shared a sweet new photo of her son August with her mother Sarah Ferguson, wishing her a happy birthday.
The sweet Instagram post consisted of several photos of her mother over the years.
The carousel opened with a new photo of the Duchess with Eugenie’s son August, three.
In another photo, Sarah posed with Eugenie and her eldest daughter Beatrice, who recently announced she was pregnant with her second child.
Eugenie, 34, captioned her post: ‘Happy birthday to my beautiful mother. So proud of the grandmother you are, the mother you are and the woman you are
“You are an inspiration and our endless conversations bring me so much happiness and incredible support.”