Crowds sang hymns and ate pizza blessed by God after camping overnight and waiting to be granted access to Westminster Hall, where the fallen monarch is lying in state until 6.30am on Monday.
Tens of thousands of mourners in London have made friends and shared food while waiting through the night to visit the Queen s coffin inside the Palace of Westminster.
Tens of thousands of mourners in London have made friends and shared food while waiting through the night to visit the Queen s coffin inside the Palace of Westminster.
The Elizabeth Line to see the Queen as she lies in state in Westminster Hall now stretches for 4.2 miles along the bank of the River Thames in London with an estimated waiting time of nine hours.
The unprecedented demand has sparked a huge logistical operation involving the Met, MI5 and the Armed Forces with Whitehall insiders fearing that central London could actually be full .