Madame Tussauds welcomes a new royal couple

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Madame Tussauds is the most famous waxwork museum in the world, where  you can stand next to a perfect life-size replica of historical characters, celebrities, statesmen, royalty and notorious criminals.

Marie Tussaud grew up in Paris in the 18th century and became an assistant to Dr. Philippe Curtis, a famous wax modeller who was ordered to make death masks for many of the victims of the French revolution. Madame Tussaud had the gruesome task of making the death masks for King Louis 16th and Queen Marie Antoinette, which are still on display.  Madame Tussaud opened her attraction in London over 180 years ago, featuring a figure of King William IV.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have now taken their place in Madame Tussauds in a pose and setting taken from the day of their engagement announcement. The now world famous blue Issa dress was specially recreated by the fashion label for the  exhibit, and the replica sapphire and diamond engagement ring, which once belonged to Prince William's mother the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is proudly on show. 

The waxworks have cost approximately £150,000 each and have been created by a team of more than 30 experts over four months.  However, all this hard work is sure to be popular with the public which has regularly contacted the waxworks museum to request the Royal couple be featured and the museum is expecting the queues to be even longer at the Baker Street attraction.