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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.

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.

People are turning out in droves for the opportunity to say a personal farewell ahead of the Queen’s funeral on Monday.

The queue to see the late monarch lying in state stretched almost three miles past London Bridge.

Hymn-singing crowds of hungry campers and military veterans are among hundreds of thousands of well-wishers waiting to pay a final tribute.

Up to a million royal fans are expected to queue for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to pay their respects to the Queen in person, as her coffin lies in state in Westminster Hall.

The Queens coffin entered Westminster Hall as the choir of Westminster Abbey and the choir of His Majestys Chapel Royal, St Jamess Palace, sang Psalm 139.

At 2.22pm Her Majesty was carried down The Mall on a gun carriage - a tradition dating back to the death of her great-grandmother Queen Victoria in 1901.

At 2.22pm Her Majesty was carried down The Mall on a gun carriage - a tradition dating back to the death of her great-grandmother Queen Victoria in 1901.

The Archbishop of York spontaneously visited mourners and royal fans camping along the banks of the Thames in London overnight as they queue to pay their respects to the Queen as she lies in state.