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John Jones & Nia Dalton

'I queued 17 hours to meet the King - then he told me I shouldn't have bothered'

Queen Elizabeth II's death has united the nation in grief and driven people to do remarkable and rather unfamiliar things. Tens of thousands of mourning royal fans have travelled across the country to queue in queues to see the Queen lying-in-state, wait hours to pass their personal condolences onto the Fab Four, and camp in tents for days outside Buckingham Palace to get a glimpse of Her Majesty's funeral.

Wales Online reporter, John Jones, decided to join mourners in waiting a very, very long time to come face-to-face with the new ruling monarch, King Charles III - an opportunity that doesn't come around often. John queued for 17 lengthy hours outside Cardiff Castle through the night, alongside 2,000 members of the public, to welcome Charles back to the capital city of Wales.

John worried he'd jumped the gun arriving 15 hours early (WalesOnline)
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