Dame Kelly Holmes reveals she waited seven hours in the queue to see the Queen's coffin with a 90-year-old former serviceman. Dame Kelly spoke glowingly of a man named John Collinson who she befriended while they were waiting in line together at the Palace of Westminster on Saturday.
The Loose Women star and British Olympic hero was in the queue for more than 11 hours after feeling 'compelled' to pay her respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Dame Kelly, who joined the army at 17 and is an Honorary Colonel of the Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment, says she took John 'under her wing' until first-aiders outside the Houses of Parliament said he could be fast tracked.
The gold medal-winning athlete was in Liverpool after attending the National Diversity Awards before deciding to make the journey to London. She told her fellow panellists on the ITV chat show Loose Women: "I changed my arrangements, got on a train at 7am. I felt so compelled to have to join that queue.
