The auctioneers selling the hair said there is ‘no piece of Charles III memorabilia gets you closer to the real man than his hair’

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 GB News that they “acquired [the hair] at auction in 2017”, and “know of no other lock of Charles’ hair – or even single strands – that has ever been offered at auction”.

The lock of the King’s hair is available for nearly £8,000 | GETTY / PAUL FRASER COLLECTIBLES

The “world’s largest seller of historical or celebrity hair” explained to the People’s Channel that they have sold items like this before.

Mr Fraser said: “Our most grisly item was without doubt the beard hair of another British king, Charles I, who was sporting on the day of his execution in 1649. The hair was removed following the body’s exhumation in 1813. Charles was famed for his goatee – almost all pictures of him show him with one. It sold for £15,000.”

When asked who purchases the artefacts, the auctioneer said: “Generally, two types of people purchase our hair: Fans, people who love a particular star, such as Daniel Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, Justin Bieber, and want to feel that personal connection to them.

“[Or] people fascinated by history – men and women who are amazed when they discover they can own a piece of a world-changing historical figure – someone they’ve previously only read about in books. Whether that’s Edward IV from the Wars of the Roses, George Washington, Napoleon, Charles Dickens, or Neil Armstrong.”

The hairdresser’s scissors and comb are also on sale | PAUL FRASER COLLECTIBLES

The Charles collection also includes a personally written Christmas card to Mr Crisp, likely from the early to mid-1960s.

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 | REUTERS

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.

King Charles will feature in an episode of This Natural Life this Christmas | PA

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.