--- title: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Live Figure Stunt description: People reacted to some wild live figures of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. canonical: https://time.com/5309791/meghan-harry-live-figures/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-12T15:39:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:21.566Z og:title: People Reacted Accordingly to This Meghan and Harry Stunt og:description: When the waxfigures go live og:url: https://time.com/5309791/meghan-harry-live-figures/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte18082bf193a8e7c/69892fe7bc6cfc3c3e3e5e51/gettyimages-956332782.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5179 og:image:height: 2913 og:image:alt: BRITAIN-US-ROYALS-WEDDING og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Reacted Accordingly to This Meghan and Harry Stunt twitter:description: When the waxfigures go live twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte18082bf193a8e7c/69892fe7bc6cfc3c3e3e5e51/gettyimages-956332782.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Reacted Accordingly to This Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Stunt > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images) DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS—AFP/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 12, 2018 3:39 PM UTC After the airing of a recent episode of _Britain’s Got Talent_, viewers at home became obsessed with [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5307801/meghan-markle-harry-royal-tour-2018/) and Prince Harry waxfigures. The robotic-looking [Duke and Duchess](http://time.com/5285543/meghan-markle-prince-harry-plans-after-royal-wedding/) were part of a marketing stunt to promote the new Live Figures exhibit at Madame Tussauds London. Per royal tchotchke tradition, Madame Tussauds debuted the couple’s official statues a few days ahead of their [wedding](http://time.com/5284103/fans-windsor-react-prince-harry-meghan-wedding/) last month. Now the tourist trap’s [official website](https://www.madametussauds.com/london/en/latest-news-and-events/latest-news/harry-and-meghan-live-figures-unveiled-on-britains-got-talent-final/) is promoting a new tour that allows guests to get up and close and personal with the royals’ wax doppelgangers. The “Harry and Meghan” who stopped by the taping of _Britain’s Got Talent_ were just two audience members wearing masks of the royals’ faces, which some can find pretty creepy. Twitter even [inevitably came up with a wild theory](https://twitter.com/search?q=meghan%20markle%20robot&src=tyah) instantly, guessing the royal family had undertaken a [switcheroo](https://youtu.be/gJwU5dE4mYE) straight out of the _Stepford Wives._ Check out the promotional video on Madame Tussauds’ website if you’re fine with faux royals. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5309791/meghan-harry-live-figures/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5309791/meghan-harry-live-figures/"},"headline":"People Reacted Accordingly to This Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Stunt","datePublished":"2018-06-12T15:39:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:21.566Z","description":"There's an unsettling video of her on Britain's Got Talent as proof","url":"https://time.com/5309791/meghan-harry-live-figures/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Royal Family","royals","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte18082bf193a8e7c/69892fe7bc6cfc3c3e3e5e51/gettyimages-956332782.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte18082bf193a8e7c/69892fe7bc6cfc3c3e3e5e51/gettyimages-956332782.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-US-ROYALS-WEDDING","caption":"Meghan Markle just got her wax figure at Madame Tussauds","creditText":"DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5309791/meghan-harry-live-figures/","name":"People Reacted Accordingly to This Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Stunt"}}]}] ```