It will be open 24 hours a day until it closes at 6.30am on Monday 19 September. Anyone can attend and mourners are able to simply show up and join the queue, although strict airport-style security checks will be carried out.
During the Lying-in-State period, the coffin rests on a raised platform in the middle of Westminster Hall. Members of the public are free to file past the platform and pay their respects.
The queue route
The queue to attend Her Majesty The Queen's Lying-in-State is at final capacity, and is closed to new entrants. Please do not attempt to join the queue. Stewards will manage those already nearby. The accessible queue remains permanently closed.
The abbey has capacity for 2,000 mourners, but unless you are one of the heads of state, prime ministers, presidents, European royals or key figures from public life specifically invited, you will not be able to attend the service in person.
The Queue was a nickname for the queue of mourners who waited to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II while she lay in state at Westminster Hall in London, England, from 14 to 19 September 2022.
Mourners have queued throughout the night to wait to pay their respects to the Queen as her lying-in-state began at Westminster Hall. On Wednesday (14 September), members of the public were warned that they could face a “30-hour wait” to catch a glimpse of the late monarch's coffin.
A security operation decades in the planning began on Wednesday, to regulate a queue that could stretch 10 miles through London, as tens of thousands gather to file past the Queen's coffin.
In addition to foreign dignitaries, a small number of the Queen's family, friends, cabinet ministers, religious representatives, courtiers and employees, and volunteers who have supported their communities attended.
The pallbearers hail from the Queen's Company, the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. 'It's their role to protect her body, both in life and in death, remaining in the Queen's Company until King Charles decides otherwise,' explained Major Adrian Weale to the PA.
Many supermarkets, cinemas and schools will be closed on Monday as a mark of respect on the day of the Queen's funeral. It has been declared a bank holiday - meaning many businesses will shut their doors and many GP appointments have been postponed.
The Queen's coffin will be on a raised plinth called a catafalque and closed shut with a flag over it. She will be guarded at all times, with the Sovereign Bodyguard watching over it 24 hours a day. On the top of the coffin alongside the flag will be some of her personal memorabilia, such as her crown.
There are no tickets, and there is no charge to enter Westminster Hall. The step-free route will be dotted by stewards with 1,500 soldiers on standby, police, Red Cross, St John's Ambulance, Samaritans and more than 100 Scouts aged 18 to 25.
So for those who would rather do anything else than wait in an incredibly long line for more than a day, you can watch a live stream of Queen Elizabeth II lying-in-state at Westminster Hall.
Jack Burnell-Williams, a member of the Household Cavalry, died on Wednesday, September 28, after being unresponsive at Hyde Park Barracks in Knightsbridge, London, the Army said in a statement.
King Charles, William And Harry Walk Behind The Queen's Coffin At Her State Funeral.
A pallbearer is one of several participants who help carry the casket at a funeral. They may wear white gloves in order to prevent damaging the casket and to show respect to the deceased person.
Princess Diana's close friend Elton John missing from Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral but trending online. As four billion people watched the Queen's funeral on Monday worldwide, many were left wondering about the whereabouts of music royalty and Royal family friend, Elton John.
The Queen will be laid to rest in the King George VI Memorial Chapel during a service at 7.30pm. Her state funeral, attended by more than 2,000 official guests including the heads of state of many nations, will end with the last post, a two-minute silence, and a lament played by the Queen's personal piper.
Officials expect a maximum of 350,000 people will be able to view the Queen's coffin, despite the venue being open 24 hours a day.
In addition to nearly a thousand members of the Royal Navy who took part in the procession, crowds lined the two-mile walk to Westminster Abbey to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth, who died on September 8 at the age of 96.
16. Around a quarter of a million people paid their respects in person to the Queen by viewing her coffin as it lay in state in London.
The photos are actually the screenshots of the Dutch comedy TV show “The Evening Show with Arjen Lubach.” Arjen Lubach, host of the program, said that the images taken inside the Queen's coffin were from a live broadcast of the BBC Extra Plus channel. However, the BBC does not have any channels called BBC Extra Plus.
Several traditional accouterments were present during Queen Elizabeth II's funeral service at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday, including the Imperial State Crown as well as the Sovereign's Sceptre and the Sovereign's Orb, which were also placed atop the late monarch's coffin.
Lisa Levinson, head of communications at the Natural Diamond Council, has told Metro: 'Her Majesty is an incredibly humble woman at heart who is unlikely to be dressed in anything but her simple Welsh gold wedding band to rest and a pair of pearl earrings. '