Duchess Catherine donates sweet personal item to children's cancer charity
The Duchess of Cambridge has donated several inches of her locks to a charity that provides wigs for children who lose their hair during cancer treatment.
The 36-year-old royal came up with the idea while getting her hair trimmed.
"Four months ago Joey persuaded her it was time to take off some of her hair, he said it was just getting too long," a royal source told The Daily Express. "While Joey was snipping away the idea came to her of doing some good with it rather than throwing it away. She mentioned it to Joey, who thought it was a brilliant idea."
The donation was sent anonymously to the Little Princess Trust.
"It was sent using someone else's name, so that the trust didn't know it was from a royal source – they just thought it was from a female donor in the Kensington area," they said.
"It's lovely to think somewhere a little girl is happily wearing a wig made from a real princess's hair. It's a very heartwarming thing for Kate to have done, and very thoughtful to use hair that would have otherwise just been thrown away."
Helen Creese, a spokeswoman for the charity, said the gesture was a "great surprise."
"It's a complete surprise. Obviously we're all absolutely delighted that she donated her hair, and we're very grateful as well, just as we're grateful to everyone who chooses to support the charity in this way, and so many people do. We're assuming that she might have sent the donation anonymously."
She added that many of their donations are anonymous, saying, "It's such a selfless act anyway to donate your hair to help a sick child or young adult."