Queen Elizabeth's waxwork figure is bald underneath her hat

Royals fans will be shocked to learn that Queen Elizabeth II's waxwork figure is awkwardly bald underneath her hat — and the photos are as stramge as you might imagine.

Displayed at the German wax museum Panoptikum in Hamburg, the Queen is among many royal, political and celebrity figures who have had their bodies modelled out of wax.

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Some other notable figures include those of climate activist Greta Thunberg, Pope Benedict XVI and former German chancellor Angela Merkel.

Speaking to media, Panoptikum boss Susanne Faerber revealed that though the museum aims to create respectful lookalikes as much as possible, they don't usually dress a wax figure's entire head in hair if they can help it.

"As we are using real human hair for our waxworks which is very expensive, some figures which have hats don't have complete hair," she explained.

"We just install the amount of hair which is visible for the visitors."

The museum reopened to the public today, following a long closure over January to clean and wash the figures and their clothes.

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When pressed on whether the wax figure could be deemed disrespectful of the monarch, the museum boss was quite clear.

"It is a waxwork, not the real person, this should always be kept in mind," said Faerber.

She added that since the museum is based in Germany, there was less reverence shown to the Queen to a certain degree.

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"Besides, the position of Her Majesty is in Germany different than the handling of the royal family in Great Britain, where the press have to be more sensitive dealing with them," she said.

The images of the waxworks being cleaned and tidied up were released in preparation for the museum's grand reopening for 2022 in Germany — but it's likely the Queen herself might not find these photos so pleasing.