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Raisa Tan

In 2018, Kate Middleton Secretly Donated Her Hair To Cancer Patients; Gets Diagnosed 6 Years Later

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge (Credit: Oli Scarff/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In 2018, Kate Middleton was with her hairdresser Joey Wheeler for an overdue hair cut at Kensington Palace. The latter had convinced her that it was high time for a trim as her hair was "just getting too long." While he was doing so, Kate came up with the idea of donating her hair which Joey thought was a brilliant idea.

The duo decidedly cut off around seven inches off of the Duchess' hair and anonymously sent it to a UK charity, appropriately called the "Little Princess Trust." The charity gives real hair wigs, for free, to individuals aged up to 24 who have lost their hair while bravely battling cancer.

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