Now 21, he now owns costumes worth around £30,000, some of which he created himself, and performs mainly in Birmingham and other cities, although he still lives in Telford.

“There’s nowhere here I can really do drag,” he said.

“I’m really proud of what I’ve managed to build for myself.

I’m certainly less introverted than I used to be, but my family would probably describe me as a polite young man. »

His work had caused some rift within the family, and he was still uncomfortable talking about it with them, he said.

“It’s for me, and I’m not sure if I want them to see this side of me, a side that’s foreign to them.”