The first person has arrived to queue to see the Queen's lying in state - more than 48 hours before lines were due to open. Infrastructure is being set up and security staff are preparing for millions of people to pay their respects to the Queen.
The coffin will be placed in Westminster Hall from 5pm on Wednesday, until the morning of Monday, September 19. Full details will be released at 10pm on Tuesday.
But Vanessa Nathakumaran, 56, from Harrow, appeared at 12pm on Monday to the south of Lambeth bridge, where the entrance to the queue is expected to be set up. Ms Nathakumaran, who is staying at a hotel in Lambeth so she does not miss the opportunity to pay her respects, told the PA news agency she began “admiring the royal family” from the age of 10 and has “a huge respect for them”.
