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Jubilee version of queen at Madame Tussauds

LONDON, May 15 (UPI) -- The 23rd wax version of Queen Elizabeth II went on public display Monday at Madame Tussauds in London to mark the 60th year of her reign.

The popular tourist attraction said 20 people worked for four months on the model, The Guardian reported. The hair on her head is human, although the eyes are acrylic.

Steve Swales, Madame Tussauds' principal sculptor, based the model on photographs he took for an earlier version in 2001. He described the experience as "extremely exciting" and "rather nerve-wracking."

"She was very relaxed and warm and I've tried to portray that, whilst maintaining a sense of majesty," Swales said. "Her expression is soft, as if she is just about to break into a smile."

The wax queen is surrounded by other wax royals. Her husband, Prince Philip, the duke of Edinburgh, is at her side, along with figures of Prince William and his wife, the duchess of Cambridge, which were unveiled in April, and Prince Charles and the duchess of Cornwall.

Marie Tussaud, an art tutor to the French royal family, learned how to make wax images doing death masks of aristocrats executed in the French Revolution. She moved to England in the early 19th century where she showed images of heroes and, in the Chamber of Horrors, notorious criminals.

Madame Tussauds has been at its current location in London since 1884.

Grenade found in radio; police evacuate

PHILADELPHIA, May 14 (UPI) -- Police in Philadelphia said a building housing two district headquarters was evacuated after a man brought in a grenade he discovered inside a radio.

Investigators said a man in his 60s arrived at the Harbison Avenue and Levick Street building, which houses the 2nd and 15th police districts, around 4:40 p.m. Sunday and handed over a plastic-wrapped grenade he said he discovered inside a radio he purchased earlier in the day at a flea market, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday.

"Once they discovered it was a grenade, safety became paramount and we wanted everyone out of the building," Sgt. Leo Costello said.

Costello said the bomb squad was called to dispose of the grenade, which was found to be live, and the scene was cleared by 5 p.m.

Son-in-law finds lost ring after 43 years

CHAPMAN, Ala., May 14 (UPI) -- An Alabama woman who lost her class ring more than 40 years ago said she was shocked when her son-in-law found it after less than 10 minutes of searching.

Betty Black said she thought she would never see the Georgiana High School class ring again after she lost it while playing softball in Chapman 43 years ago, but her son-in-law, Wendell Watkins, decided to take another look at the plot of land, which he now owns, WSFA-TV, Montgomery, Ala., reported Monday.

"I walked out on the land and tried to figure out how the softball field was laid out," Watkins said. "I found the pitchers mound and then figured out where the backstop was. I was out there for 10 minutes and I saw something that looked out of place in the dirt. I yelled to my kids, I found it. They were like, 'no way, not that fast.'"

However, Watkins said he brushed the dirt off the ring and soon positively identified it as his mother-in-law's long-lost keepsake.

"He put his fingers in his pocket, and brought out the ring, I almost had a seizure and I was crying," Black said of when Watkins gave her the ring back.

Man returns stolen plants after 54 years

NASHVILLE, May 14 (UPI) -- A Kentucky man has returned two potted hydrangeas he stole from a Nashville park to give to his mom for Mother's Day in 1958.

Bill Teitleff, 72, who now lives in western Kentucky, said he was 18 and unable to afford a Mother's Day gift when he took the plants from Centennial Park and sent them to his mom in Kentucky, WSMV-TV, Nashville, reported Monday.

He said the the plans were the most beautiful, perfectly formed hydrangeas he had ever seen. "They were just perfect in rows and pots," Teitleff said of the plants he scooped up from the park.

"I knew it was wrong. I thought all along that I was borrowing them. But this stayed with me all this time," Teitleff said. "Now it's been 54 years, and I've got the root and same flowers that they have accepted back now. This doesn't clear what I did. That's between me and him (points to the sky). But this is between me and the people here at the park, and they've accepted wholeheartedly."

Teitleff said he was glad when park officials accepted the plants and his apology.

"Sometimes it hurts when we go back and ask somebody for forgiveness, but when we do, we feel better inside and that person thinks a lot more of us," Teitleff said.