Kay Burley reveals major health update in her sister Jacqueline's cancer battle after the illness killed their sister, grandmother and three of her friends
Kay Burley reveals major health update in her sister Jacqueline's cancer battle after the illness killed their sister, grandmother and three of her friends
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Sky News presenter Kay Burley has shared the latest development in her sister's cancer battle, almost a year after revealing her diagnosis. Burley initially confirmed younger sister Jacqueline was having chemotherapy treatment to combat the illness - which killed their mother and grandmother - in March 2024.
![[Burley lost her mother Kath to breast cancer in 1993, after her grandmother died of the same condition when Kath was just 18. Pictured: 15-year-old Kay (left) with her mother Kath before she died]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/16/5083252-14334421-Kay_lost_her_mother_Kath_to_breast_cancer_in_1993_after_her_gran-a-13_1738083177585.jpg)
The presenter, 64, has since confirmed Jacqueline is cancer-free in a social media post shared with followers on Tuesday. Sharing a photo of the pair. she wrote: 'The best of news. My baby sister Jacqueline is cancer free. 'She has been through hell and back for the last 18 months but today she was given the all clear by her oncologist. My heart swells for her and the family.'.
Burley previously admitted she had an 80 percent chance of developing cancer after various blood relatives were diagnosed and eventually died with the disease. Sky News presenter Kay Burley has shared the latest development in her sister's cancer battle, almost a year after revealing her diagnosis.
Burley lost her mother Kath to breast cancer in 1993, after her grandmother died of the same condition when Kath was just 18. Pictured: 15-year-old Kay (left) with her mother Kath before she died. Her mother Kath died of breast cancer in 1993, after her grandmother died of the same condition when Kath was just 18.
'My mum died when she was my age,' she told Good Morning Britain in 2018. 'My little boy was eight months old. It still makes me sad actually just to think about it.'. 'I remember her saying to me at the time, ''I'm going to die'' and I said, ''I can't live without you''. And she said, 'You are going to have to darling and look after your daddy''.'.
