Sarah Ferguson describes Kate in two words as princess makes first public appearance after cancer treatment

Sarah Ferguson's describes Kate in two words as princess returns to work after cancer treatmentSource: Channel 5 News

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00:00Also today is World Mental Health Day, and when you were in those dark places with cancer,

00:05where do you, as a member of the Royal Family, where do you turn to? Is it faith? Is it family?

00:09Is it friends? Because we all get those times, those days, those moments where we need a bit

00:14of help, don't we? We need somebody to talk to. But it's also World Sight Day, and I think it's

00:21really important that it's not just about the mental health of life. I think that we are all

00:28going at such speed. It's really mindful, to be mindful that we can see or we can hear,

00:35or we're still alive, which is why I started today with I'm so lucky and grateful. I think that

00:43it's, I think the most important thing is to remain human and to have humility about being

00:50human. It doesn't matter titled or not titled. It's still the same journey of learning the

00:56compassion of your heart and really going into that sense of how do I feel? Who am I? And then

01:02if I could have, instead of self-fool, you go into self-love to be able to put on the oxygen

01:08mask to help others. I think the Princess has done a beautiful job of really looking and getting out

01:15there today is such a brave, courageous move. And I'm just completely and utterly wonderful to see

01:20that. And it will inspire and help those poor families. And that's what we should be looking at

01:26is courage and courage and courage. If you are frightened, there are many solutions out there.

01:32There are many people that are there to help you. And I feel really lucky to be able to talk to you

01:37about this so that people don't feel they are alone and face it. We can face it together.

01:42Because when people hear that word cancer, for some people, and there'll be people watching

01:46tonight as well who feel that is a death sentence, isn't it? And did you have that fear

01:51when you heard that for the first time? Yes, I did. And I did the drive to the next hospital. And

01:56then it was on New Year, it was a Friday afternoon of New Year's weekend after the

02:01mastectomy. That's six months later when the dermatologist said you need to be at the

02:06Royal Marsden at 8am on Tuesday morning. Well, hold on a minute. By the way, Happy New Year.

02:12And you know, you have three days for your mind to go into the fact that you don't think you're

02:17going to make it because my father died of melanoma. So you... And all that's going through

02:21your mind. All that is going through your mind. So anyone watching, I know and understand. It's

02:26the first time, really, I've been able to completely say I know and understand.

02:31Just please face the fears and go and get checked, screened. The imagery...