My parents had nothing – just basic wages for all their hard work. It's a brilliant achievement for a little fella from Stoke, who came from a two-bedroomed council house. But it's very life-like, I'll tell you that much. "You can't tell yet because it's in clay.
Will the waxy copy be as good-looking as the original? "Hard to say," Taylor muses. I'll have to go and cut the ribbon, or whatever you do when standing next to yourself." It's still in clay but then it'll be covered in wax and they'll make a rubber mask of it.
I've just seen the head so far, and it's really good. After that it's more measuring and photographing and then they start chipping away at the clay, taking off a bit here and there. They take lots of photographs, do plenty of measuring and then you go for a sitting. Taylor is already anticipating the unveiling of his next honour as he lingers over the process of being turned into a waxwork at Madame Tussauds: "I'm a clay head now. I'm chuffed for him – but it's also a massive statement for me and for darts. We're very dedicated – and we both love to win. He's another who was totally overdue some real acknowledgement. We're very similar in a way, me and Tony. We were together afterwards and he knows how much I admire him. "Incredible," says the man who calls himself "The Power". Taylor polled almost 20,000 votes more than Graeme McDowell, who won his first major and clinched the Ryder Cup for Europe this year.
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