William, Kate waxworks unveiled
Wax models of Prince William and Kate Middleton are now on display at several Madame Tussaud locations.
Wax models of Prince William and Kate Middleton are now on display at several Madame Tussaud locations.
Wax models of Prince William and Kate Middleton are now on display at several Madame Tussaud locations.
The figures at the Madame Tussauds in London, which cost more than $230,000 each to make, are shown in copies of the outfits they wore when they announced their engagement in November 2010, complete with a replica of the ring once worn by William's mother Diana, Princess of Wales.
A team of artists and model makers spent four months working on the couple. Kate's hair alone took six weeks, each individual strand of real, ethically-sourced human hair inserted by hand.
Unlike the subjects of most other Madame Tussauds waxworks, the company said William and Kate did not "sit" for their figures, but St. James's Palace provided all the key measurements, and the finished pieces have been given the royal seal of approval.
Other versions of the models will go on display at Madame Tussauds' attractions in Amsterdam and New York, and in Blackpool, in northern England.
In each city, "Kate" will be shown in a different outfit: A lilac Alexander McQueen gown worn on the couple's U.S. tour in New York, a black lace Temperley London dress worn to a film premiere in Amsterdam, and a Jenny Packham gown worn at a charity dinner in Blackpool.
