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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Queen’s death: First person arrives for lying in state two days early as mourners face 12-hour queues

Vanessa Nanthakumaran, 56, from Harrow, is thought to be the first person to arrive to queue for the Queen lying in state in London (Rebecca Speare-Cole/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

The first person has arrived to queue for the Queen’s lying in state in London – more than 48 hours before the line opens.

Infrastructure is being set up and security staff are preparing for millions of people to wait to pay their respects to the late monarch, whose coffin will be placed in Westminster Hall from 5pm on Wednesday until the morning of Monday September 19.

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