Published 16:13 IST, June 27th 2019

Kit Harington donates to fundraiser started by his 'Game of Thrones' fans

Kit Harington has made a handsome donation to a fundraising campaign which was started by the actor's fans in his honour.

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Kit Harington has made a handsome donation to a fundraising campaign which was started by actor's fans in his hour. actor's followers started campaign on JustGiving to hour his "dedication and commitment" to "Game of Thrones", in which he essayed role of Jon Sw for over ten years until its finale last year.

proceeds from campaign will got to Mencap, a learning disability charity that Harington has been a part of since 2017.

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"Kit Harington has given so much to fans of Game of Thrones over past decade playing  King in rth, Jon Sw...This fundraiser is here to show Kit that we're incredibly thankful to him for sheer amount of love and skill he put into Jon Sw for us to enjoy," description on  fundraiser p read.

"To show our gratitude, /r/Freefolk and or fans want to contribute to charity Mencap, which Kit has been supporting for several years. Mencap supports people with learning disabilities to live independent and fulfilling lives," it added.

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p had set a 50,000-pound target, and Harington donated 7728.75 pounds to help m achieve that goal.

In a mess to fans, Harington said, "To those of you who set this p up in my name and to those of you who contributed and left messs, please accept my deepest and most heartfelt thank you."  "This donations p lifted my heart and brought tears to my eyes, what a beautiful gift to receive....how generous of all of you," he added.

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actor, who previously revealed that his cousin suffers from learning disability, also hailed MenCap.

"Mencap is truly a wonderful charity and money given here will go to most incredible cause," he said.

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"With love and respect from beyond wall...Kit x,"  actor ended his mess.

16:04 IST, June 27th 2019