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.”