Stephen Swallow News Today

The queue of mourners inside Westminster Hall was yesterday doubled to two lines each side of the Queens coffin (pictured, split illustrated with red arrows) after concerns over delays.

Tens of thousands of mourners in London have made friends and shared food while waiting through the night to visit the Queens coffin inside the Palace of Westminster.

More than 1.7million people have gone online to view the Governments live queue tracker on YouTube which shows the end of the line as people wait to enter Westminster Hall.

The Elizabeth Line to see the Queen as she lies in state in Westminster Hall now stretches for 4.2 miles along the bank of the River Thames in London with an estimated waiting time of nine hours.