King Charles III’s goddaughter India Hicks has opened up about a recent skin cancer scare in an emotional post on social media.
The British designer and businesswoman, 58, is the daughter of Lady Pamela Hicks.
Mrs Hicks shares a close connection with the Royal Family as her mother is a descendant of the House of Mountbatten.
Lady Pamela is the oldest living member of Queen Victoria and was a first cousin of Prince Philip.
In a post on social media, Mrs Hicks said: ‘I had hoped for a full week at home. A week without airports, no security queues, no lost chargers or boarding groups. Just silence. But life, with its own mysterious choreography, changed the plan.’
‘The test results from a recent skin cancer operation came back and the news wasn’t great. Not dramatic-movie-scene not great, but just disturbingly not great.’
‘The kind of news that makes the world blur a little around the edges. The results showed a worrying, fast-moving cancerous patch in my lower calf.
‘I reacted as most people do, a strange mixture of calm practicality and a little private terror. You tell yourself you’re fine, you make tea, your responses email, all the while a little inner voice whispers, what if it’s worse than we think, adds Hicks.
For the uninitiated, Hicks served as a bridesmaid at Charles’ wedding to Princess Diana.
This revelation comes just a year after both the King and Princess Kate shared their own cancer diagnoses.
