A lock of King Charles’s hair is being sold for a staggering £7,995.
The clump was clipped from the head of the then-young prince in the early 1960s by royal hairdresser George Crisp.
The hair, which is being sold by Paul Fraser Collectibles, is described on the company’s website as “a unique artefact”, adding that “there is no more intimate a piece of King Charles III memorabilia in existence”.
Paul Fraser told The Sun in 2023: “No piece of Charles III memorabilia gets you closer to the real man than his hair.
The lock of the King’s hair is available for nearly £8,000
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“It’s more intimate than a signature and certainly rarer than a coronation tea towel.
“When this lock was snipped from his head in the 1960s, Charles was still a Gordonstoun schoolboy – with his life before him. Diana. Camilla. The Coronation. All was to come.
“The collection has wonderful provenance from the royal family’s personal hairdresser – you don’t get better credentials than that.”
The collection also includes a personally written Christmas card to Mr Crisp, likely from the early to mid-1960s.
The hairdresser’s scissors and comb are also on sale
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The signature is described as “clear and handsome” and “so different from his adult signature”.
The hairdresser’s scissors and comb are also on sale, which are not confirmed to have been used to cut Charles’s hair, but Paul Fraser Collectibles claim they were “almost certainly used”.
Paul Fraser Collectibles wrote online: “The scissors feature a French maker’s mark; the brown plastic comb bears the maker’s mark of Kent of London (model 13T).
“Kent holds the Royal Warrant for hairbrushes in the UK.”
King Charles’s hairdresser was kept on by his mother after his grandfather died in 1952
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The late Mr Crisp first trimmed the hair and beard of Charles’s grandfather, George VI.
He was kept on by Queen Elizabeth II after her father’s death in 1952.
During the 1960s, he regularly made the short walk from Trumper’s in Mayfair, the noted barbershop where he worked, to Buckingham Palace to cut the young prince’s dark locks.
It comes as the King will appear in a special Christmas edition of BBC Radio 4’s This Natural Life to open up about his passion for the environment.
The episode will be hosted by Martha Kearney and will explore how nature has become an important part of the monarch’s life.
The festive edition will bring listeners to Dumfries House in East Ayrshire, the headquarters of The King’s Foundation charity, to discuss Charles’s love for nature and the environment.
Airing on December 23, the episode follows the pair as they walk through the estate’s arboretum, with the King reflecting on how his love of the natural world began during his childhood.
It will discuss topics from the importance of teaching environmental skills to marine conservation, the art of topiary and the joy of a pair of secateurs.