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TV presenter Sarah Beeny opened up about her cancer battle and how that has affected her life. Having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, she underwent a double mastectomy and reconstruction, followed by the removal of her ovaries and fallopian tubes in 2023.

The 54-year-old mother-of-four received the all-clear that same year as she told The Mirror: "I was lucky. I was fortunate to get diagnosed in time, and my treatment was successful. I have a whole life to live now."

She also confirmed she no longer needs hospital scans as there's nothing remaining to examine. She continued: "It feels like a lifetime ago now," she says. "Graham laughs and says, 'Your therapy is to pick up the carpet, sweep everything underneath and put it back down again.' But that's just my coping mechanism." She summed it up in eight words as she said: "Cancer was the Big Bad Wolf to me," as she added: And now I've had it. If you had to sum up the 10 things I'm about, cancer wouldn't be on the list."

During a 2024 podcast, property expert Sarah appeared to suggest her ordeal had pushed her marriage to artist husband Graham Swift to breaking point. However, she was keen to clarify that remark as she said it had been "taken out of context".

She added: "I had a call from my brother Diccon saying he'd had about 15 phone calls saying, 'We're so sorry Sarah and Graham are getting divorced.' We were like, 'What? We're fine and doing okay. I'm not giving up now.'

"There have been bumps in the road in 34 years. It would have been so boring otherwise. It's not been perfect all along, but what relationship is? That's the truth of it. I've learned in life that if you don't have the bad times, then you don't appreciate the good times.

"My children sometimes say, 'You and Dad argue a lot', and there are days when I don't fancy him and divorce seems like a good idea. But the next minute they see us in the garden holding hands and they know we love each other. It's healthy for them to see that."

Speaking of her attraction to Graham, who she met aged 18 and married in 2002, she says, "He makes me laugh and is good-looking. Sometimes I think, 'What did we do all day before we had children?' And I know what we did - that's why we've got four children! Life gets in the way, but I like to keep that spark alive."

Despite having been wed for more than two decades herself, Sarah is renowned for her groundbreaking dating website MySingleFriend, which she is now relaunching, and she is now revamping the platform with a "video-first" approach.