Sarah Ferguson demands better care for teens after her cancer diagnosis

Sarah Ferguson has opened up about the harrowing moment she was diagnosed with cancer twice in a powerful new interview backing teenage cancer awareness.

The Duchess of York, 65, revealed that her dual diagnoses of breast cancer in 2023 and skin cancer earlier this year left her feeling as though a "bomb had gone off" in her life.

“It felt like a death sentence,” Fergie admitted in a deeply personal essay for The Times, published as she backs the Teenage Cancer Trust’s new campaign, #AndYoungPeople.

While Fergie says she received support during her own battle, she’s speaking out now because so many young people facing cancer are suffering in silence.

“Cancer at any age is traumatic,” she wrote. “But as adults, we have maturity and life experience to help us advocate for ourselves… our voices are, sadly, often taken more seriously.”

As patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust, Fergie is now lending her voice to demand change. 

The new campaign launches with an open letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, urging policymakers to finally include teenagers and young adults in the National Cancer Plan for England.

The Duchess will also join daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie today for a visit to one of the charity’s youth cancer units shining a spotlight on the young lives so often forgotten by healthcare planning.

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