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THE BOY WHO BEAT THE ODDS

‘THERE ARE NO OBSTACLES. TONY ALWAYS FINDS A WAY’

HE’S captured the heart of the Princess of Wales, raised millions for charity and the hospital that saved his life and is the reason a law was changed to ensure child abusers get heftier prison sentences.

So when it recently emerged that nine-year-old Tony Hudgell would receive an award from King Charles during the New Year’s Honours 2024 ceremony, his family were delighted.

No one deserves recognition more than their brave little boy, who suffered such unimaginable abuse at the hands of his birth parents that his legs had to be amputated.

“Tony is a great role model,” his adoptive parents, Paula and Mark Hudgell, said in a statement. “All he wants

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