United Kingdom, Dec. 15 -- Sir Cliff Richard has survived a secret battle with prostate cancer.

The 85-year-old entertainer has revealed he was diagnosed with the disease after it was picked up by doctors during an insurance check-up ahead of a tour and it has now "gone" as it was spotted early before it could spread.

Cliff opened up about his health crisis during an appearance on TV show Good Morning Britain on Monday (15.12.25), saying: "I was about to embark on a tour which in fact ended this time at the Royal Albert Hall [in London].

"But I was going to Australia and to New Zealand and the promoter said: 'Well we need for your insurance, you need to be checked up for something.'

"They found that I had prostate cancer. But the good...