The heartwarming reason Kate Middleton cut off seven-inches of hair

The Duchess went for the chop last year.

When Kate Middleton revealed a dramatic new look last year, nobody saw it as anything other than a great haircut. Yes, people flocked to the hairdressers to try and achieve their own version of the K-Middy lob, however, it seems the Duchess didn’t let the haircut go to waste. Kate’s hairdresser Joey is said to have taken seven inches off her hair and the royal decided to donate it to a good cause. Suggesting it to her team, Kate sent her locks anonymously to the Little Princess Trust who help make wigs for children going through chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

“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 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. It was sent using someone else’s name so that the trust didn’t know it was from a royal source.”

The charity was set up 12 years ago and has since donated 5,500 real hair wigs to sick children.