Mourners waiting to see the Queen lying in state face a wait of up to 24 hours in plunging night time temperatures.
The queue to see Her Majesty prior to her state funeral on Monday had to be closed earlier today, as it stretched nearly five miles with a wait time of 14 hours. It has now reopened after a pause of seven hours, but officials have warned entry to the line may be paused again if it reaches capacity. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have said the updated queueing time may be as long as a whole day.
Thousands of people have travelled to the capital over the last two days for a chance to pay their respects to Britain's longest reigning monarch inside Westminster Hall, and the queue is now back to five miles, stretching to Southwark Park in south-east London. The queen will lie in state until 6.30am on Monday.
Thousands have paid their respects to the Queen, and regular updates on the queue are being published on Twitter. There is also a live queue tracker on YouTube. A separate queue for people with accessibility needs is also said to be at capacity. The Met Office advised those in the queue to be prepared for "cool evenings" with overnight temperatures expected to be as low as 8C.
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Among those waiting to pay their respects was former England footballer David Beckham, who told the BBC he had been queuing for about 12 hours, having joined at about 2am, and had been sharing food with the queue. "We all want to be here together, we all want to experience something where we celebrate the amazing life of our Queen and I think something like this today is meant to be shared together," he said. "So the fact we've been here, we're eating Pringles, sherbet lemons, sandwiches, having coffee, donuts as well."
When asked how he was managing, the ex-England captain said his knees were holding up but "it's the back and the feet" that were feeling the effects. Later, Beckham appeared solemn as he entered Westminster Hall to pay his respects.
Ambulance teams have treated 435 members of the public along the route of the queue over the past two days, London Ambulance Service said, with 42 of those requiring hospital treatment. The majority of incidents were faints and collapses resulting in head injuries.
King Charles III and his siblings, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex, will hold a Vigil of the Princes at Westminster Hall at 7.30 tonight and the Queen's eight grandchildren will hold a 15-minute vigil tomorrow evening.
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