ROYAL fans have been left devastated after hearing that Sarah Ferguson has been diagnosed with cancer.
Fergie, 64, was hit with this shock health scare just six months after she was treated for breast cancer.
In December, she was seen on the royal family’s annual Christmas service walk for the first time in 30 years.
Here's everything we know about the devastating update.
What type of cancer does Sarah Ferguson have?
Fergie, 64, has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of skin cancer.
Medics have now removed a mole on her body which tested as a malignant melanoma.
A malignant melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer.
The Duchess was hit with this shock health scare just six months after she was treated for breast cancer.
A spokesman for Sarah, Duchess of York said: “Following her diagnosis with an early form of breast cancer this summer, Sarah, Duchess of York has now been diagnosed with malignant melanoma.
"Her dermatologist asked that several moles were removed and analysed at the same time as the Duchess was undergoing reconstructive surgery following her mastectomy, and one of these has been identified as cancerous.
"She is undergoing further investigations to ensure that this has been caught in the early stages.
What has Sarah Ferguson said about her diagnosis?
The Duchess of York has been recuperating in Austria in the past few weeks.
But Fergie has passed on her thanks for the medical team that supported her.
The brave Duchess is also said to have remained in “good spirits” following the health scare.
However, insiders said “it has not been an easy time”.
A spokesman for the royal, said: “The Duchess wants to thank the entire medical team which has supported her, particularly her dermatologist whose vigilance ensured the illness was detected when it was.
“She believes her experience underlines the importance of checking the size, shape, colour and texture and emergence of new moles that can be a sign of melanoma.”
The Duchess is being treated by Dr Andrew Furness, consultant medical oncologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, Catherine Borysiewicz, consultant dermatologist at the King Edward VII Hospital in London.
When was Sarah Ferguson diagnosed with cancer?
Dermatologists raised the alarm after removing several moles from her body while having reconstructive breast surgery last year.
Tests which came through just days after Christmas revealed a mole was malignant.
The diagnosis came after she appeared with the Royal Family at Sandringham on Christmas Day.
For the past few weeks she has been recuperating at the MAYRLIFE clinic in Austria.
