Madame Tussauds London unveiled a stunningly life like new figure of Her Majesty The Queen in honour of her Diamond Jubilee. The figure, positioned centre stage in our Royal Area, is the 23rd to be created of The Queen.
Replicating the official Jubilee portrait photograph released earlier this year, the figure is dressed in a recreation of the white and silver lace dress covered in 53,000 SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS with blue silk sash adorned with The Queen’s Garter Badge, topped off by a replica of the diamond and pearl George IV State Diadem.
Principal Sculptor, Steve Swales, who also created Her Majesty’s previous figure and attended a sitting at Buckingham Palace in 2001, commented “It is extremely exciting to create a wax figure of Queen Elizabeth II and understandably rather nerve-racking too. Meeting The Queen at our last sitting was an invaluable help in creating this figure. She was very relaxed and warm and I’ve tried to portray that, whilst maintaining a sense of majesty. Her expression is soft, as if she is just about to break into a smile. I hope she approves of the end result.”
Buckingham Palace was involved during the creative process of this new figure, with images of the clay head sent to the Palace.
The Queen’s figure took four months to create at a cost of £150,000 and will remain in the Royal area alongside recently launched figures of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge plus other members of the Royal Family including the Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry.
