The Prince of Wales is set to be greeted by a sheepish figure when he arrives in Canada tomorrow: his own BԪַwoolly doppelgänger.BԪַ
Prince Charles will be introduced to a life-size, hand-needle-felted bust of his own visage as he meets with Canadian wool enthusiasts in St. JohnBԪַs, N.L., at one of the first stops on his three-day cross-country tour alongside his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
But the CEO of the Campaign for Wool in Canada says thatBԪַs not even the BԪַpièce de résistanceBԪַ of the princeBԪַs woolly welcome.
Matthew Rowe says the non-profit industry association will also present its royal patron with a wool sculpture of his mother, the Queen.
Manitoban artist Rosemarie Péloquin says she spent hundreds of hours on each of the busts, using a barbed needle to sculpt the fine details of the royalsBԪַ faces.
Péloquin says she feels like she got to know the prince over the course of his wool doubleBԪַs creation, and sheBԪַs excited to see his real-life counterpartBԪַs face when the two meet.
BԪַThe Canadian Press