United Kingdom, Jan. 12 -- Claire Foy feared she wouldn't "make it past 40" after suffering a number of health scares when she was younger.

The Crown star - who reached the milestone in 2024 - was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at the age of 13 and four years later she underwent surgery to remove a benign tumour from behind her eye - and Claire admits going through serious illnesses at a young age made her think about death and she became convinced she would die young.

She told The Sunday Times newspaper: "Death? The fact we're all on our way out? It's something we just don't want to think about while we're alive. But I have thought about death my whole life. I just presumed that it was going to happen, especially through my childhoo...