• Sarah Ferguson is Prince Andrew's ex-wife
  • She has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer
  • THIS was her plea to the public

Fergie was found to have breast cancer and recently underwent surgery herself. In a prerecorded interview on her podcast, 'Tea Talks With the Duchess and Sarah', the 63-year-old duchess said she didn't want to do the routine mammogram that detected her cancer in the very first place.

Fergie urges her fans!

"It was after a bank holiday, and I live in this area — in the Windsor area — and it was a hot day, and I didn’t feel like going to London. It’s easy to put it off — ‘I’ll do it next week"", Sarah said. But her sister eventually persuaded her to go. Doctors found an abnormality and suggested surgery right away!

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Sarah underwent a mastectomy, which doctors hope will remove the problem entirely. Fortunately, the surgery has "taken place successfully," as her representative explained to 'People' magazine. And now, Fergie wants to encourage others to take their health more seriously into their own hands...

Watch the video above to learn more!