When Ollie met Harry

A five-year-old boy battling a life-limiting illness and who can barely walk has got to his feet to give Prince Harry a hug.

Published 4th Oct 2016

A brave five-year-old boy from Cheshire with a rare genetic disease has given Prince Harry a big hug at a prestigious national award ceremony in London - despite struggling to walk.

Ollie Carroll from Poynton has Battens Disease, which only 30 children in the the whole Country have.

There's no known cure for the condiition which will eventually leave him unable to walk, see, eat or breathe.

But despite his difficulty to walk Ollie found the strength to pull himself up and walk over to Prince Harry and give him a hug.

Hi mum Lucy said, "I'm so proud of our little man! And so happy we have finally got people talking at Battens Disease"

Ollie was one of 11 children to be honoured at the WellChild Awards at the Dorchester Hotel in London.

Prince Harry's been Patron of the charity since 2007.

Back in May Ollie donned a spiderman outfit and took part in the KEY103's Cash for Kids Superhero Day which brought Manchester to a stand still when we paraded our little Superheroes into Albert Square in a fire engine, police car and Transformer trucks: