![]() The gates were originally shut as queue attendants sought to deter new arrivals. Just after 12pm, the Government also said the accessible queue was now 'at capacity for today and entry for allocation of wristbands is currently paused', adding that those with wristbands and entry times will still get in.īut then at 1pm, the entrance to Southwark Park reopened despite the Government still saying that the queue has been paused. Please do not attempt to join the queue until it re-opens.' Entry will be paused for at least 6 hours. The Government said in an update just before 10am: 'Southwark Park has reached capacity. Security teams were allowing 100 people at a time from the holding area to join the main queue every ten to 15 minutes.īut outside the park, some people waited in the street with no idea of when they might be able to even join the queue. Inside the park, a crowd formed in the holding pen next to the main queue as people begged to be let in. People at Southwark Park join the holding area before queue to see the Queen's lying in state today His representative confirmed to MailOnline that he had queued with the public, and said those around him initially did not take pictures of the 47-year-old star because there was an air of 'mutual respect'. MailOnline was told the TV duo joined a separate queue for press and were taken into a press gallery.ĭowning Street said the queue system to view the Queen's lying in state was going to plan.Įx-England captain Beckham was spotted queueing at about 12.30pm today, after joining the line at 2am to wait with everyone else. This Morning hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby cut sombre figures as they were seen at Westminster Hall today. ![]() Among those visiting yesterday were Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. ![]() MPs can jump the queue and bring in up to four guests, to the anger of those being forced to wait. Those joining the queue receive wristbands to mark their place - so they can leave for a drink, or to go to the toilet, and then return. Meanwhile some people are trying to cash in by selling used wristbands for up to £350 on eBay. It came as David Beckham made it inside Westminster Hall at about 3.30pm today after joining the queue at 2am. The gates to the park were then shut, and people outside had to form a third line in a desperate attempt to see the coffin before 6.30am on Monday when the lying in state will finish.īy around 4.30pm today, the main queue was still not open, according to the Government's live updates. Thousands of mourners were put in a holding area to alleviate congestion in the line ahead, which stretched for about five miles. In extraordinary scenes, tens of thousands of people descended on Southwark Park to enter the start of the main line for the lying in state, but officials had to shut it at 10am for 'at least six hours' because it was too long. Mourners formed a queue to enter another queue today, as they waited for up to 14 hours to see the Queen's coffin at Westminster Hall.
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