Sarah Ferguson named her ‘shield of armor’ breasts after her mastectomy

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battles breast cancer.The Duchess of York, 63, revealed on the Aug. 2 episode of her podcast Tea Talks with the Duchess and Sarah that she hilariously nicknamed her breasts following a single mastectomy she underwent recently.She told co-host Sarah Thomson that her left boob is her “new best friend, Derek.”“On my left, he’s called Derek…and he’s very important because he saved my life,” Fergie — a name that the royal has also commonly been known as — explained.Thompson then inquired as to why she choose the moniker.Fergie replied: “I don’t know, it just made me laugh that I have now a friend who’s with me all the time who’s protecting with his shield of armor.”The mother of two also has a name for her right breast: Eric.“Poor Eric on the right is feeling rather sad because he’s not as perky as Derek on the left, but I’ll get Eric balanced, don’t worry,” she quipped.Fergie revealed she was diagnosed with an early form of cancer after enduring a routine mammogram back in June.She later went through an operation to help alleviate the disease and was recovering with her family at her home at the Royal Lodge in Windsor.“The Duchess is receiving the best medical care and her doctors have told her that the prognosis is good,” read a statement at the time released by her rep.

Her surgery was said to be “successful” due to the early diagnosis.The former Weight Watchers spokesperson has been candid about her illness on her podcast and previously divulged that her sister Jane motivated her to get the screening that identified the breast cancer.She joked that she kept putting off the doctor’s visit and Jane pushed her to go sooner rather than later.“Thank you, Jane,” Fergie said. “I think it’s so important you do talk about it.”She.