KEEP ON FIGHTING
Charles and Fergie swap letters of support as they bond while battling their cancer diagnoses
STILL reeling from her own double cancer blow, Sarah Ferguson will know exactly what anguish King Charles is going through after his diagnosis.
And the Duchess of York urged Charles to keep battling on as the pair support each other through their respective ordeals.
They have already exchanged heartfelt letters. The 75-year-old King first reached out to Fergie, 64, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer last July.
He wrote to her again when she was dealt another blow as doctors told her after Christmas she had a deadly form of skin cancer.
A source said: “The King and Sarah are incredibly fond of one another and have bonded over their respective cancer diagnoses with an exchange of letters.
“Cancer is a wicked disease that affects so many individuals and their families and it’s clear that extra support from loved ones can help immeasurably.”
At a fundraiser for the Cancer Alliance of Help and Hope in Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday, Fergie paid tribute to Charles.
She said: “I want to thank you all for your
kindness in supporting my family members who are going through a hard time, and we wish everyone well, every family that has been diagnosed or who is going through BLOW We reveal her first cancer diagnosis last July a difficult time. And of course, my brother-in-law, we wish you well, keep fighting on.”
Charles has started weekly treatment in London for his cancer. He is said to be “wholly positive” of his prognosis.
The disease was spotted while he was in hospital for treatment on his enlarged prostate last month.
Charles is recuperating at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk in between trips to the capital. On Thursday, Queen Camilla said he was “doing extremely well under the circumstances”.
The King’s diagnosis has sparked a 51% increase in searches on a UK NHS webpage offering advice on possible signs of cancer.
Fergie had an eight-hour operation to remove a breast after doctors discovered the disease during a routine mammogram.
Her dermatologist later asked that several moles be removed and analysed. One turned out to be a malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.
The Duchess last week told how she had been supported by her daughters Princesses
35, and 34-year-old
Beatrice,
Eugenie.
She said: “We call each other ‘The Tripod’ because we prop each other up, come what may.”
Fergie, who lives with disgraced ex-husband Prince Andrew despite being divorced for nearly 30 years, is to back an awareness campaign on checking moles. Her dad Major Ronald Ferguson had the disease before his 2003 fatal heart attack.
Buckingham Palace and a spokesman for the Duchess of York did not comment last night.
The King and Sarah are fond of one another and have bonded over their diagnoses
TELLS HOW CHARLES AND FERGIE ARE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER