Princess Eugenie opens up about her childhood surgery & how it left her feeling empty - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Princess Eugenie opens up about her childhood surgery & how it left her feeling empty By You Magazine - December 24, 2018 Princess Eugenie has always spoken candidly about her battle with scoliosis as a young adult – a medical condition in which a person’s spine has a sideways curve. But in a new interview with the Telegraph, the newly-wed royal has opened up about the surgery she had to undergo as a child and how it left her ‘reeling’ and feeling ’emptiness’. Getty Images Eugenie, who was first diagnosed with scoliosis when she was just 11 years old, explained that she was worried that her peers would no longer see her as ‘normal’ after undergoing surgery to treat her condition. ‘I think the most upsetting time was before the operation – the fear of the unknown and having a condition that made me different,’ she explained. ‘I was only 11 years old when I was told I needed surgery and that bombshell left me reeling, as well as the idea that I would not be at school, or be normal like the other students.’ During the operation for scoliosis, the spine is broken and set straight, which takes months and months to recover from and means that the patient will needs to re-learn how to walk again. Getty Images For Eugenie, the recovery process was long and frustrating. ‘I remember being angry about not being able to run and play,’ she told the newspaper. In fact, she was still affected by it years later, adding: ‘I remember putting cream only on my scar for years after the operation,’ she added. ‘There was an unexplainable feeling – like a kind of emptiness.’ However, as she’s grown, Eugenie’s surgery scar has become ‘a point of pride’ for her. She even showed it off proudly on her wedding day by wearing a classic backless design by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos. ‘I believe scars are like memories that tell a story on your body, that remind you how strong you had to be, and that you survived to talk about it,’ she said. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved