GERMANY: British Royal family's hottest stars William & Kate move into Madame Tussauds in Berlin

Record ID: 573000

  • Title: GERMANY: British Royal family's hottest stars William & Kate move into Madame Tussauds in Berlin
  • Date: 16th August 2012
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (AUGUST 16, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR BRITISH EMBASSY IN BERLIN POSTER SAYING (in English) 'TRADITION IS GREAT' AND PULL-OUT TO WAX FIGURES OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND HIS WIFE KATE / DEPUTY BRITISH AMBASSADOR ANDREW NOBLE WALKING PAST AND STANDING NEXT TO THEM NOBLE WITH WAX WILLIAM AND KATE CLOSE FACE OF WAX KATE NOBLE WITH WAX WILLIAM AND KATE HANDS OF WAX WILLIAM NOBLE WITH WAX WILLIAM AND KATE SIGN ON POSTER SAYING 'MADAME TUSSAUDS' (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANDREW NOBLE, DEPUTY BRITISH AMBASSADOR, SAYING: "I think it's just exciting. I mean I agree that they are very lifelike. And I'm sure an awful lot of people are going to see them and get very excited. That's one of the things about the members of the Royal family and about Madame Tussauds as far as I understand it. So I think people are going to be excited." BRITISH FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (German) ANDREW NOBLE, DEPUTY BRITISH AMBASSADOR, SAYING: "I can't explain the fascination with Will and Kate. It's an enigma. It happens every time there is a big celebration in the British Royal family. We can't explain it, but we are just very happy about it." CUCUMBER SANDWICHES NOBLE STANDING AT TABLE WITH WAX WILLIAM AND KATE FOR HIGH TEA CLOSE FACE OF WAX WILLIAM NINA-KRISTIN ZERBE OF MADAME TUSSAUDS FIXING WAX KATE'S HAIR CLOSE EYE WITH MAKE-UP OF WAX KATE ZERBE STANDING AT TABLE WITH WAX WILLIAM AND KATE FOR HIGH TEA FACE OF WAX KATE (SOUNDBITE) (German) NINA-KRISTIN ZERBE, MADAME TUSSAUDS, SAYING: "At the end of the exhibition we have a terminal and we are asking the visitors there who they were missing in the exhibition and who they would like to see. And especially after the wedding last year those two were in high demand. And so we gladly responded to the popular demand and have them here in house for the next three months." WAX WILLIAM AND KATE AT TABLE FOR AFTERNOON TEA KATE'S BRACELET EYES OF WAX WILLIAM WILLIAM WITH 'UNION JACK' FLAG TEETH OF WAX WILLIAM HAIR OF WAX WILLIAM FACE OF WAX WILLIAM PAN FROM EYES OF WAX WILLIAM TO MOUTH FACES OF WAX KATE AND WILLIAM NOBLE LOOKING AT WAX PAIR
  • Embargoed: 31st August 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Royalty,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA55RPDHLEZLRKZE50PNU935SP4
  • Story Text: Wax versions of Will and Kate were treated to afternoon tea at the British Embassy in Berlin on Thursday (August 16).
    The Royal pair dropped in before they end up in their new permanent home in Madame Tussauds on Friday (August 17).
    True to life, the waxworks fulfilled their diary duties and were met by the deputy ambassador, Andrew Noble.

    "I think it's just exciting," he said. "I mean I agree that they are very lifelike. And I'm sure an awful lot of people are going to see them and get very excited. That's one of the things about the members of the Royal family and about Madame Tussauds as far as I understand it. So I think people are going to be excited."
    The figures are being exhibited as part of a campaign to promote Britain overseas, in the year William's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, celebrates her 60th jubilee, and London is hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
    The popularity of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been growing since their wedding in 2011.
    Press spokesperson for Madame Tussauds, Nina-Kristin Zerbe, said:
    "At the end of the exhibition we have a terminal and we are asking the visitors there who they were missing in the exhibition and who they would like to see. And especially after the wedding last year those two were in high demand. And so we gladly responded to the popular demand and have them here in house for the next three months."
    The wax versions of William and Kate can be seen in Berlin for the next 12 weeks.
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