Sarah Ferguson opens up on new lease on life after being 'cut open' for cancer treatment

Fergie underwent treatments for breast and skin cancer and now is speaking up about how it helped her beat her binge eating addiction.

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.

Fergie added: "Don’t wait to be cut open in order to cut away the addiction.

"My addiction was my addiction to food.

"I ate to compensate for my feelings."

The mother of two spoke about how her addiction to eating food started at a young age.

She continued: "It started at 11, my whole world was food, and my life was in the corner on the bottom right-hand side."

"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."

The mother of two has reassessed her view on life and has found new self-worth in her older age.

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She said: "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."

The mother of Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice is currently in Australia promoting her new children's book.

She postponed her trip to Perth to avoid clashing with King Charles and Queen Camilla's six-day royal tour of the nation.