The government has launched a queue tracker to tell people planning to go into Westminster Hall for the Queen’s lying-in-state how far the line stretches. Thousands of people have descended on London for the chance to see the coffin before Monday’s funeral, prompting warnings the queue could stretch up to 10 miles and people may have to wait for more than two full days. At 7.30pm on Thursday, the tracker, created by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, suggested the queue was nearly five miles long. It estimated that the total queuing time was more than 8.5 hours. Official guidance warns people they will need to stand for many hours, possibly overnight, with very little opportunity to sit down as the queue will be continuously moving. Visitors will go through airport-style security and only small bags are allowed, although there is a bag-drop facility. People joining the back of the queue are given a coloured and numbered wristband<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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