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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Tim Hanlon

Westminster Hall's floors damaged by 250,000 mourners seeing Queen lying-in-state

Damage has been done to the floors of Westminster Hall after 250,000 people came to pay their respects to the Queen lying-in-state, it is reported.

The queue to see the coffin wound its way around London streets to Southwark Park with some people waiting 14 hours.

Measures were made to protect the floor with a carpet glued on but it was not enough to prevent damage to the 180-year-old Yorkstone floor.

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