“It started when I was scouting and one of the boys was the grandson of an ex Oxford player, Paul Berry, who had long hair. We got talking and he said his grandson was growing it for charity. Mine needed a trim even then and I started wondering if I could raise some money by doing something similar.

“I heard about the Little Princess Trust and it seemed a perfect fit for what I wanted to do . Two and a half years later and I figured it had been long enough so I went to TRu Barbers and they cut it all off for me.

“If I’m honest I hardly recognised myself in the mirror but I am glad to have done it and it would be great of people wanted to make a donation, no matter how small, especially at this time of year.”

To find out more about the Little Princess Trust visit www.littleprincesses.org.uk