Wax Britannica: sculpture of King Charles III by Madame Tussauds unveiled in Sydney for coronation

Figure of monarch, accompanied by other wax royals, was displayed in a ceremony outside Queen Victoria Building

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Australian subjects not travelling to the United Kingdom this weekend to see the coronation of King Charles III were offered something of an approximation of the experience in Sydney on Wednesday, albeit a little less animated than the real thing.

Days ahead of the monarch’s coronation in Westminster Abbey, Madame Tussauds has unveiled the waxwork of the new king outside Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building.

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