Large queues formed outside the Palace of Westminster as thousands of people waited for an opportunity to see the coffin of Queen Elizabeth lying in state
Some even braved the rain and slept on the pavement overnight to secure their position in the queue, which could stretch for 10 miles to gain access to Westminster Hall, the oldest building on the estate that houses parliament where the late queen willAs people began filing past the queen's coffin in Westminster Hall from 5 p.m. , many stopped for a moment to bow their head and some wiped away tears.
Kenneth Taylor, 72, who stayed overnight in a tent to be one of the first in the queue, said a lump had come to his throat as he viewed the queen lying in state. "She's given 70 years of her life to us. I'm sure I can give 24 hours of mine, just give that respect to her," he said of the queen, who died last week, aged 96, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
The London memorial, lasting almost five days and ending on the morning of her funeral, is a much larger occasion.The hundreds of thousands predicted to join the line will be asked to queue along the southern bank of the River Thames, winding past landmarks including the giant London Eye ferris wheel and a reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe theatre.
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