Unlike the subjects of most other Madame Tussauds waxworks, the company said William and Kate did not "sit" for their figures, but St James's Palace provided all the key measurements, and the finished pieces have been given the royal seal of approval.
The Met, Britain's biggest force, has 2, 600 firearms-trained officers that are mainly used to protect key buildings, such as Parliament, Buckingham Palace and foreign embassies.