SCHOOL BOY SECRET OF GROWING HAIR

A schoolboy who was teased for 'looking like a girl' after growing his long locks for 18 months has finally revealed his secret pledge to help The Little Princess Trust. Proud mum, Ellen Widdup, 39, had no idea her nine-year-old, Kit Porritt, was planning to donate his hair to the charity despite him refusing to cut his golden locks since last May. Kit's long mane often led to strangers assumed he was the opposite sex - and he was even approached by a modelling agency looking for new female faces. But Kit said that although his ponytail meant putting up with a lot of playground jibes, he always shrugged them off as he knew it would be all worthwhile when he finally revealed his secret pledge for the charity which makes wigs for children who have lost their hair to cancer treatment. Credit: Caters Clips/Will Claussen