Tens of thousands of mourners are in Edinburgh to pay their respects to the Queen, with reports today of 'ten deep' overnight queues and the numbers swelling to hundreds of thousands.
The public were warned to expect a 12-hour wait to see the late monarch's coffin as Her Majesty lies at rest at St Giles' Cathedral in the Scottish capital, but people who queued overnight said today their wait-time was five or six hours. Lord Ian Duncan, the Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords, said crowds along the Royal Mile were 'ten-deep', with streets surrounding the historic precinct equally crammed with people.
"The sheer quantity of individuals moving into Edinburgh today indicates that there will be many tens – possibly even hundreds – of thousands of people who will wish to pay their respects to the late Queen," Lord Duncan told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National programme on Tuesday morning.
