READ MORE: Mad pictures show drunk William and Kate partying years before Prince George arrived Eugenie underwent the serious surgery at the age of just 12 so that titanium could be added to repair the curvature of her spine caused by the illness, the Mirror reports.
This isn't the only time the Princess has spoken out about her struggle with the disease, which affects between three and four in every 1000 children in the UK.She said: "Without the care I received at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital I wouldn't look the way I do now; my back would be hunched over.
And I wouldn't be able to talk about scoliosis the way I now do, and help other children who come to me with the same problem."My back problems were a huge part of my life, as they would be for any 12-year-old.
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