By Katherine Tinsley
2:54pm PST, Dec 10, 2025
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India Hicks, who is Lord Mountbatten's granddaughter, revealed on Substack that cancer was detected on her calf.
"I had hoped for a whole week at home," Hicks wrote. "A week with no airports, no security queues, no lost chargers or boarding groups. Just stillness. But life, with its own mysterious choreography, shifted the plan."
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"The test results from a recent skin-cancer operation came back, and the news was… not great," India Hicks continued. "Not dramatic-movie-scene not great, but just unsettlingly not great."
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India Hicks opened up about how she felt after receiving her shocking diagnosis.
"The kind of news that makes the world blur slightly at the edges," Hicks said. "The results showed a worryingly fast-moving patch of cancer in my lower calf."
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"I reacted the way most people do: a strange mixture of calm practicality and a little private terror," India Hicks continued. "You tell yourself you're fine, you make tea, you answer emails, all while a small internal voice is whispering, what if it's worse than we think?"
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India Hicks told fans that her procedure was "only relatively uncomfortable," adding she's "lucky" the doctors caught it.
