A BRAVE four-year-old girl with leukaemia has donated her hair to help other cancer sufferers.

Agatha King, from Cupar in Fife, has donated her long blonde locks to The Little Princess Trust, which makes wigs for children who lose their hair during cancer treatment.

The nursery pupil was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia just under two weeks ago and has already requested hair like Disney princess Elsa from Frozen when the effects of chemotherapy mean she too will need her own wig.

Agatha's family have also raised more than £2,000 for charity since their daughter's diagnosis, reaching their target of £200 in just 20 minutes.

Agatha's mother Karen, 39, praised her daughter's decision to donate her hair to help other cancer victims.

She said: "One of the first things we were told was that she would definitely lose her hair. I personally found this devastating, and I think I've become hair obsessed since - she has very blonde thick hair which is almost down to her bottom when she puts her head back.

"She asked me if she will look like a boy and I said 'yes you will do for a little while', and she replied 'that's OK I'm going to give my hair to someone else when they need it and they're going to give me hair when I need it'. She also asked if she could have pink hair or Elsa hair."

"All in all she's been incredible," she said.

Agatha's hair was cut by Jason Miller from Charlie Miller Hairdressing in Edinburgh, who came to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, where she is being treated.

Mrs King, who is pregnant and also has a two-year-old son, initially suspected her daughter's tiredness and stomach complaints could be down to a food intolerance, but took her to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy after noticing a rash on her daughter's arm.

After tests, she was told their daughter most likely had blood cancer leukaemia. The family, who also have a two-year-old son, were transferred to Edinburgh's Sick Kids, where Agatha had a bone marrow sample taken and lumber puncture. Two days later the consultant's confirmed she had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Ms King said: "We have told her she has leukaemia as the doctors advised using the proper words as she will hear them, but I have to say to us its a bit like when they say Voldermort in Harry Potter - we're much happier saying poorly blood so it doesn't seem so scary for her or for us."

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is the most common type of cancer to affect children in Scotland and approximately one in every 2,000 children will develop it.

More than three quarters of cases occur in children aged under 15, mostly between the ages of two and five years old and around 85 per cent of children treated for the disease will be completely cured.

The King family are hoping to raise further funds for The Princess Trust charity and have set up a Just Giving page at https://www.justgiving.com/Karen-King12/