A retired Navy soldier, a young royalist, a CEO, and a holidaymaker from Canada stand in a line for nearly 15 hours. It sounds like the set-up to a bad joke, but this morning, it's become the biggest thing in London.
Snaking its way through London, the five mile queue - nicknamed the 'Elizabeth Line', of course , stretches from Southwark Park in Bermondsey to Westminster Hall. At the time of writing this, more than 10,00 people were watching a livestream of mourners flocking into the hall, which is open 24 hours a day, to pay their respects to the Queen as she lies in state.
Naturally, it has been described as a 'triumph of Britishness', as well-wishers endure sleet, rain, sunshine, wind and thunderstorms while in their anoraks, with no camping chairs or tents allowed.
