A courageous six-year-old girl from Bridgend who plans to chop off her long hair for charity has had her fairytale dreams come true after being treated like royalty at Castell Coch.
Hollie Evans, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia at 19 months old and underwent five months of chemotherapy, will cut 10 inches of her hair on December 10 to mark five years in remission. She will donate it to The Little Princess Trust, which makes wigs for children with hair loss.
Staff at heritage organisation Cadw heard about her bravery and arranged for Hollie and her sister Poppie to become princesses for the day at the fairytale castle. The pair, dressed as their favourite Disney characters, toured the castle and heard the story of Rapunzel.
Hollie's mother Hayley said: 'Hollie and Poppie had a great day pretending to be princesses. Their favourite room was Lady Bute's bedroom because they thought a real princess lived there.'
Hollie is also raising money for the Little Princess Trust and local charity Follow Your Dreams, with a target of £1,000. Her mother added: 'She was born with a mop of hair, and to see it falling out when she was ill broke my heart. Now everyone knows her by her hair, so it's going to kill me to see it cut off, but it will grow back.'
