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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Sarah Ferguson says cancer diagnoses felt ‘like a death sentence’

Sarah Ferguson has said receiving multiple cancer diagnoses just months apart felt “like a death sentence” when doctors delivered the news.

The Duchess of York, 65, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma last January – a shock diagnosis that came six months after she had treatment for breast cancer and underwent breast reconstruction surgery.

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