The 63-year-old has undergone a successful single mastectomy after being diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer during a routine mammogram.
is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation."Approximately one woman under the age of 40 is expected to die each week from breast cancer," the NBCF website says.The duchess says she is considering this a "real gift to change my life, to nurture myself" and to understand what caused the shadow.
"Now, as though it's allowing me to really, truly go into what I've always wanted, which is to be super fit — mind, body, soul. "This extraordinary position I'm in right now. It means there's no choice. I can't make another excuse.She says everyone should be getting checked out."It's vital that we need to wake everybody up to go screen, not just breast cancer."The couple married in 1986 but separated six years later, and were divorced in 1996.
They maintained a close relationship as they raised their two children, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
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