![]() Not only did the sculpture boast hair that was noticeably lighter than the real Harry's copper hue, the wax figure also looked considerably more like Barbie's boyfriend Ken than the prince. Prince Harry, who now boasts an updated and considerably more lifelike waxwork at Madame Tussaud's in London, was, until recently, another victim of a royal waxwork disaster. It's the battle of the style queens! Letizia and Maxima go head to head for the fashion crown as the Spanish royals arrive to begin a tour of the Netherlands.Camilla's tribute to her tragic brother: The Duchess of Cornwall unveils memorial to Mark Shand at his old primary school.But where are the sparkly dresses? Stunning pictures shed light on the fascinating world of Britain's New Age Travellers.“Did you know?” the website information reads, setting itself up to provide the historical context museum visitors need in order to make their own minds up, “Putin is well known for his interest in sport.” Ah, thanks. Bangkok’s figurine, which looks distinctly like Andrew Marr lost in his garden, has been on display since 2012. Invading sovereign nations didn’t play a part.Ĭurrently, Madame Tussauds fans, of which there must be some, may need to travel as far as Thailand to see a waxy, unmoving and unfriendly Putin. ![]() The original Madame Tussauds, on Baker Street in London, hasn’t had its Putin on display for “many years.” A spokesman tells me that his removal was part of a general rotation, meaning he was as likely to be switched out as Olly Murs. World leaders are different, and thanks to his despotism, Putin – a man who once had dozens of bad waxworks around the world – is now persona non grata even as a lifeless effigy. Fame lasts for 15 minutes, so celebrities are regularly rotated at large museums like Madame Tussauds – and making the lineup at all is a sign of trust that you are worth a team of 20 spending over 800 hours recreating you for tourists to be unimpressed by.īar the odd cancellation, celebrities tend to be safe from controversy. It’s more sensitive than you think, the world of waxwork museums. “Given what has happened, we and our staff do not want to have to fix his hair and appearance every day,” Delhommeau said. Over the weekend, Putin’s wax counterpart at the Grevin was allegedly vandalised, an act that expedited its removal, but he was getting on the museum’s nerves anyway. ![]() Angular, visible hair, gnome-like, able to move his forehead: he hasn’t looked like that since he was in the KGB. Or is it David Frost? Oh, hold on, apparently that is the Putin figurine. “For the first time in the museum’s history we are withdrawing a statue because of historical events currently under way.”Īccompanying the story have been photographs showing Paul Daniels having his head ripped from his shoulders and placed in a box. “Today it is no longer possible to present a character like him,” Yves Delhommeau, director of the Grevin Museum, said earlier this week. ![]() The chances of that happening in reality are remote, but a group of museum workers in Paris has come about as close as they can: expelling their Putin waxwork figurine to a shameful back room. Or – and I don’t know, this is quite specific – maybe even melting him down and making a reasonably-priced set of scented candles from what remains. Plenty of people have idly dreamt about toppling Vladimir Putin.
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