Being 'cut open' saved me from binge eating addiction claims Sarah Ferguson

Fergie is currently in Australia for a book tour, where she has revealed it took her brutal cancer treatment to address her binge eating addiction

Prince Andrew's ex wife, Sarah Ferguson, has opened up on her struggles with a major binge eating addiction - something it took her intense cancer treatment to tackle. The 65-year-old is currently in Australia for a book tour, she previously underwent a single mastectomy and later discovered malignant melanomas when she underwent reconstructive surgery.

The Daily Mail report that the Duchess of York was interviewed by the Daily Telegraph when she discussed the fall out of her breast cancer diagnosis in 2023. Fergie said that she had only gone to the routine mammogram because her sister 'Jane', who she affectionately refers to as 'bossy' - had told her too.

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She said: "My melanoma scars, the scars of my cancer, it took me being literally carved up to cut away the addictions of self-doubt and self-judgment that I have lived with since the age of 11.

"Don’t wait to be cut open in order to cut away the addiction. My addiction was my addiction to food.

"So I ate to compensate for my feeling. It started at 11, my whole world was food, and my life was in the corner on the bottom right hand side."

The mother of Princess Beatrice and Eugenie, said that the disease made her reprioritise and centre her life - rather than around food.

She added: "'When I got cancer I put my life back in the middle and food back in its rightful place, not intentionally. It just happened because I realised that I was eating instead of living. At 65, I’m now free of the shackles of unworthiness and self-doubt.

"I am a badass grandmother with a sense of purpose, a badass grandmother, a sexy, sappy, badass grandmother."

While she has been advised against using the phrase 'cancer free', Sarah, writing in The Sun recently, said that her 'treatment has been successful and tests show there has been no spread or recurrence.'