Boy, 6, who lost legs after vile abuse wins Pride of Britain Award
Walking into Hamleys toy shop on his prosthetic legs, little Tony Hudgell gazed with delight at the hundreds of toys – and then two of them came to life and saluted him.
The six-year-old watched as the life-size Nutcracker soldiers marched towards him and removed their heads to reveal they were in fact Ant and Dec.
The unflappable youngster simply said: “That surprised me.”
But there was a further surprise for Tony, who has won the Pride of Britain Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser Award after raising over £1.5million for the hospital that saved his life as a baby.
Dec told him: “Tony, you already know we think you are an absolute hero for all of the money you raised this summer.”