A schoolgirl who is losing her sight was stunned when her favourite actress Kate Winslet invited her for a night at the theatre to help her fulfil her "visual bucket list".
Lily-Rae Merchant-O'Hanlon, 12, from Nottingham, was diagnosed with Stargardt disease last December.
The inherited condition causes blurriness in the central part of the eye and her mother, Emma Merchant, set up a GoFundMe to help Lily-Rae enjoy as many visual experiences before her sight worsens.
Her first trip was to see the Northern Lights thanks to a £5,000 donation from Titanic star Kate Winslet.
Lily-Rae Merchant-O'Hanlon, 12, from Nottingham, was diagnosed with Stargardt disease last December.
The inherited condition causes blurriness in the central part of the eye and her mother, Emma Merchant, set up a GoFundMe to help Lily-Rae enjoy as many visual experiences before her sight worsens.
Her first trip was to see the Northern Lights thanks to a £5,000 donation from Titanic star Kate Winslet.
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00:00There's a serrated bit on this tongue, if you just keep your thumb below it and you'll
00:08be able to feel it through the gloves.
00:11You'll be fine honestly, you're completely safe.
00:14Do you want to give it a go?
00:17So if you hold your thumb just below there, if you poke just a wee bit in for me.
00:24This is one of Lily's bucket lists, I wanted to feed tigers mummy.
00:28That's perfect.
00:30Well done Lily.
00:31You just fed a tiger.
00:32You just fed a tiger!
00:35Your turn.
00:36Take the camera.
00:38Life fulfilled.
00:39Oh that is like a bucket list.
00:41Not many people can say they've done that.
00:43Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.
00:48He's very gentle.
00:50Oh I just want to...