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Sarah Ferguson looked elegant as she attended a dinner for a cancer charity in San Francisco last night.

The Duchess of York, 64,  was stylish in a black maxi dress, with long sleeves, and a tiered skirt at the V Foundation’s ‘Dinner with the Duchess’ gala.

Her frock boasted a vibrant print featuring flowers and butterflies in bright hues including red, yellow, pink, blue and green among others.

Meanwhile, she styled her trademark auburn tresses into a half-up, half-down do, so her locks were pulled away from her face, showing off statement dangling earrings, but still falling past her shoulders.

Sarah looked fresh faced, wearing an elegant cosmetics look which paired her clear complexion with natural peach blush and a pink lip.

Sarah Ferguson (pictured) donned a striking gown to attend the V Foundation's 'Dinner with the Duchess' in San Francisco

Sarah Ferguson (pictured) donned a striking gown to attend the V Foundation’s ‘Dinner with the Duchess’ in San Francisco

The Duchess looked fresh faced at the event, wearing a classic makeup look, and pulling her auburn locks into a half-up, half-down do

The Duchess looked fresh faced at the event, wearing a classic makeup look, and pulling her auburn locks into a half-up, half-down do

The focal point of her make-up were her blue eyes, which she accentuated with a smokey-style eye shadow look using terracotta shades.

Finishing her look with jewellery, the Duchess matched emerald gems in her earrings with a matching ring and bracelet featuring green stones.

Sarah revealed in June that she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer and had undergone a successful single mastectomy at King Edward VII’s Hospital in London.

Since then, she has spent time recovering at home at Royal Lodge, Windsor, where she lives with her ex-husband, despite splitting nearly 30 years ago. 

The duchess’s cancer nightmare began earlier this year when a routine test first detected something was seriously wrong before the Coronation.

In early May, Sarah attended an appointment in London for a mammogram. Rather than being given the all-clear, as expected, the technician explained that a ‘shadow’ could be seen in the breast.

Given the size of the area, a lumpectomy was ruled out and Sarah was strongly advised to go ahead with a single mastectomy, which would eradicate the shadow of cancerous cells across the breast.

Sarah was said to be devastated but determined to press ahead with a mastectomy as soon as possible, telling friends she had ‘no choice’ but to go through with the operation.

The Duchess endured a punishing eight-hour operation as surgeons battled breast cancer. Speaking about the gruelling operation during her final episode of the first series of her podcast Tea Talks in August, she revealed that her mastectomy had helped to get over ‘years’ of self-hatred from being compared to Princess Diana. 

EVENT: The Duchess (right) poses with Stephen Silver and Connie Silver at the V Foundation's dinner event

EVENT: The Duchess (right) poses with Stephen Silver and Connie Silver at the V Foundation’s dinner event

Sarah (pictured, left) posed up a storm in her elegant ensemble, taking time for a photograph with Amy Dornbusch (pictured, right)

Sarah (pictured, left) posed up a storm in her elegant ensemble, taking time for a photograph with Amy Dornbusch (pictured, right)

Sarah has spoken out about how undergoing gruelling surgery for her cancer has changed how she feels about herself - and that she likes herself more now

Sarah has spoken out about how undergoing gruelling surgery for her cancer has changed how she feels about herself – and that she likes herself more now

She said that looking back, she realises she had ‘good legs’ and ‘looked good’, but didn’t ‘like herself’. 

‘That was because I think I was always compared to Diana and I think that at the end I sort of believed my own press which is, you know, not too good,’ Fergie explained.

However she said that she had found life after the operation had changed her point of view, adding she now ‘likes herself.’

She also spoke about how she has recovered since the operation, saying she has been doing well. 

She said she had started to return to a more active lifestyle over the summer, including walking while holidaying in Scotland to keep in shape.

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