Miles of Mourners Form Orderly Queue to Say Goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II
- Line to see monarch lying in state stretches along the Thames
- King and prince in surprise visit to meet queuers as they wait
Members of the public queue to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state in Westminster Hall, in London, early morning on Sept. 16.
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In the oldest part of Parliament, Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin lies guarded by iconic “Beefeaters” and other members of Britain’s military elite -- the silence in cavernous Westminster Hall broken only by the sound of metal and boot on stone when the watch changes at 20-minute intervals.