An official queue tracker has been released for members of the public lining up to see the Queen Lying-in-State. During this period, Her Majesty The Queen 's closed coffin rests on a raised platform, which is called a catafalque, inside Westminster Hall.
It offers members of the public an opportunity to file past and pay their respects to Britain's longest-reigning monarch, who died at Balmoral on Thursday, September 8. The Palace of Westminster opened to the public at 5pm on Wednesday, September 14 and will be open until 6:30am on the day of the funeral, which is Monday, September 19. You can read more on what Lying-in-State means here.
Mourners have been turning out in droves for the opportunity to say a personal farewell. Three hours before the doors opened on Wednesday the line already stretched far past Westminster Bridge and beyond County Hall, by 10am on Thursday morning, the queue was three miles long.
