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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Craig Meighan

Constant flow of mourners continues past Queen's coffin – but MPs skip the queue

Members of the public wait in line to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth as she lays in state within Westminster Hall

A CONSTANT procession of mourners made its way through Westminster Hall as people paid their respects at the Queen’s lying in state – as it emerged that hundreds who queued the previous day had required medical assistance and the BBC livestream was paused after a guard collapsed.

Meanwhile, anger rose on social media as MPs were given passes to skip a wait that at points reached more than eight-hours long.

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