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Huge line to view monarch’s coffin is queue fit for a queen

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during a procession for the Lying-in State of Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in London, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The Queen will lie in state in Westminster Hall for four full days before her funeral on Monday Sept. 19. (Kirsty O'Connor/Pool Photo via AP) Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby meets members of the public in the queue on the South Bank in London, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 as they wait to view Queen Elizabeth II lying in state ahead of her funeral on Monday. (Beresford Hodge/PA via AP) Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby meets members of the public in the queue on the South Bank in London, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 as they wait to view Queen Elizabeth II lying in state ahead of her funeral on Monday. (Beresford Hodge/PA via AP) People queue on the South Bank, as they wait ahead of the ceremonial procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, in London, Wednesday Sept. 14, 2022. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP) Members of the public join the queue on the South Bank, as they wait to view Queen Elizabeth II lying in state ahead of her funeral, in London, Wednesday Sept. 14, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP) People queue to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II in London, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, after 70 years on the throne, at the age of 96. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru) People queue opposite the Palace of Westminster to be first in line bidding farewell to Queen Elizabeth II in London, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, after 70 years on the throne, at the age of 96. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru) Members of the public join the queue on the South Bank, as they wait to view Queen Elizabeth II lying in state ahead of her funeral, in London, Wednesday Sept. 14, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP) Members of the public join the queue on the South Bank, as they wait to view Queen Elizabeth II lying in state ahead of her funeral, in London, Wednesday Sept. 14, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
Huge line to view monarch’s coffin is queue fit for a queen