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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alastair Jamieson

Queue for the Queen stretches 24 hours despite chilly forecast as Beckham and Ardern join mourners

AP

Tens of thousands of mourners queuing through central London were warned on Friday it will take up to 24 hours to reach the Queen’s coffin and that temperatures are expected to drop.

Britons of all ages and from all walks of life have lined-up around the clock to pay their respects to the monarch, joining a well-organised five-mile queue that begins near Bermondsey on the south bank of the Thames then crosses the river to parliament's Westminster Hall.

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