2024 was a year unlike any other for the British royal family, as Fergie, King Charles and Kate Middleton all announced that they were navigating cancer. In February 2024, Buckingham Palace announced that the King was diagnosed with cancer and commenced treatment, and Princess Kate shared in March that she was receiving treatment for cancer.

On the last day of 2023, Ferguson announced in a triumphant post on Instagram that she “beat breast cancer.” But a few weeks later, she revealed a new cancer diagnosis when she announced that she was battling malignant melanoma, an aggressive type of skin cancer.

SARAH Ferguson has opened up about her double cancer diagnosis, admitting that it was like ‘a bomb going off.’ The Duchess of York was diagnosed with an aggressive form of skin cancer a year ago,

Sarah Ferguson is getting candid about her back-to-back battles with cancer. In a new interview with The Times published on Friday, January 17, the Duchess of York opened up about getting diagnosed with cancer twice in the same year and how the negative news affected her outlook.

The Duchess of York spoke about her experience of being diagnosed with two different types of cancer within months.

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