Separated by 70 years and usually 200 miles, they were united in solemn purpose.
Janet Wood, 88, and Sam Walters, 15, live in Doncaster and Somerset respectively, but on Thursday, this pair who would never have reason to meet spent the day in the long and winding queue, which reached almost five miles at one point, to see our former Queen, Elizabeth II lie in state.
It’s a surreal place to be, but for such a sombre event, a lovely one. Suddenly a London landmark all of its own, the Queue runs like a river alongside the Thames to its own groove, solemn and quiet, but largely upbeat.
