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Line nears 5-mile maximum length on first full day of monarch’s flag-draped coffin resting in Westminster Hall

A rotation of bodyguards will keep a 24-hour vigil around her coffin

SCOTTISH Secretary Alister Jack and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace stood vigil at the Queen's coffin on Thursday.

Alister Jack and Ben Wallace will guard the Queen’s coffin as it lies in state as part of their duties as members of the Royal Company of Archers.

After being delivered from Edinburgh, the Queen’s coffin was met by hushed crowds under a darkening sky in the capital

Brief service attended by Nicola Sturgeon marks six-day farewell by Scots

The Royal Company of Archers have been completing 20-minute periods of standing guard at the coffin while it remains in Scotland, before it is flown back to London

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II was carried Tuesday from an Edinburgh cathedral as the late monarch began a final journey from her beloved Scotland to London, where she will lie in state. Her son, King Charles III, headed back to London from Northern Ireland, where his visit drew a…

The Queen’s coffin will lie in rest for a day at St Giles’ cathedral in Edinburgh