The government tracker says the current waiting time in the queue is 13.5 hours and people in the line are in Southwark Park.
It adds “if the park reaches capacity, queuing will stop” and it’s expected to be a cold night tonight.
Updated at 21.04 BST
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The Queen’s grandchildren hold a silent vigil around the coffin: video
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the condolence book at Lancaster House and tweeted:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II served throughout her life and bore the weight of her duties with impeccable grace. Sophie and I are in London for Her Majesty’s funeral, and today we marked the solemn occasion by signing the book of condolence. (Photo: David Parry/PA Wire) pic.twitter.com/bossnrf2VJ
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) September 17, 2022
After meeting King Charles III at London’s Metropolitan Police Service’s special operations room to discuss the police operation for the Queen’s state funeral on Monday, Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, said: “It was a privilege to introduce His Majesty King Charles to some of the teams working hard behind the scenes to deliver this monumental police operation, which will culminate in the largest deployment of officers in the Met’s history for a pre-planned event on Monday.
“It gave the officers and staff a real boost.”
Updated at 20.38 BST
The government tracker says the current waiting time in the queue is 13.5 hours and people in the line are in Southwark Park.
It adds “if the park reaches capacity, queuing will stop” and it’s expected to be a cold night tonight.
Updated at 21.04 BST
This Morning presenters ‘didn’t jump the queue’ say show
ITV’s This Morning has said its presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby did not “jump the queue” because the Queen was in state and were there to cover the event as media.
The couple have come under fire from some on social media after appearing inside Westminster Hall without queuing.
A statement shared on a story on the show’s Instagram account read: “Hi everyone, we’d like to clear something up. We asked Phillip and Holly to be part of a film for this Tuesday’s show.
“They didn’t skip the line, they didn’t have VIP access or walk past the Queen lying in state, but they were there professionally as part of the world media to report on the event.”
This morning’s announcement. Photo: This morning
Updated at 8.24pm BST
Vanessa Thorpe
The Observer’s Vanessa Thorpe has taken a look at the Observer’s coverage of previous state and ceremonial funerals, the new themes emerging and those that repeat themselves.
Muffled drums, the catafalque, plumed helmets and a new familiarity with the earl marshal; these are the characteristics shared by the great state funerals of the last century and a quarter of British history. But past press coverage of “national mourning,” as the Observer referred to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, reveals another common factor.
A state funeral, a rare event, must be told to every generation. Its pomp and arcane lore are always mysterious. So the news reads like a gloomy catechism; a list of conventions designed to give identity to a nation.
In 1910, on the death of Victoria’s son Edward VII, a writer in the Observer made this point when he praised Westminster Hall and Saint George’s Chapel at Windsor by quoting the Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle, who, he thought, ” never spoke a truer word.” that “every nation’s Bible is its own history” and in these two buildings … are two of the most glorious pages of that Bible, not printed on perishable paper, but carved in noble stone.”
Monday’s funeral will trace a pattern set at the end of Victoria’s reign. Elizabeth II, like her ancestors, will go to Windsor Chapel described on her grandfather’s death in 1936 by our special correspondent as “that perfect specimen of Perpendicular architecture”.
Updated at 7.45pm BST
PA Media has been speaking to people queuing to see the Queen lie in state.
According to the government, people could have to wait up to 13 hours before entering Westminster Hall.
Sarah Silas, 60, joined the queue to see the Queen’s coffin at around 6pm on Saturday, just over 36 hours before the period of lying in state ended.
He traveled from Walsall, in the West Midlands, to show his appreciation for “what Her Majesty and the Royal Family did” for the country of Zimbabwe, where he was born.
Asked how she felt about waiting overnight to attend the lie-in-state, she said, “I’m glad I at least have a chance to say goodbye because of the job they did.”
Speaking about the new King Charles, he said: “He actually came and gave the president, Canaan Banana, the constitution of Zimbabwe. So he gave us Zimbabwe.
“We are very grateful for him and we are very happy that he is now the King.”
Leo Jones, 42, traveled from Menorca to see the Queen lying in state.
He said: “Her Majesty has given her whole life to the UK and what is she waiting for one day?
“I just think the connection that the UK has with the royal family, that turns it on as well.
“I think it’s quite patriotic to see thousands of people coming together for this truly historic event in UK history.”
Updated at 7.42pm BST
Lifted spirits queue as King Charles and Prince William greet mourners: videoQueen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren (left-right) Zara Tindall, Lady Louise Windsor and Princess Beatrice hold a vigil by the coffin of their grandmother as she lies in state in the catafalque at Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster in London. Picture: Chris Jackson/PAPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex, arrives at the vigil. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren leave after holding a vigil around Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer
Updated at 7.33pm BST
Sophie Zeldin-O’Neill
Online auction site eBay has removed dozens of listings for bracelets given to people queuing to see the Queen’s coffin as online traders tried to cash in on souvenirs of the occasion.
Some used bracelets attracted bids of up to £70,000 before being withdrawn.
An eBay spokesperson said: “These items are against our policies and we are removing them from our site.”
Their event ticket policy prohibits the sale of most tickets, including those for events that are free to the public.
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Three taps of the sword by a guard signal the end of the vigil.
The grandchildren descend from the platform near the hearse and climb in behind the Prince of Wales, who looks understandably excited.
He ushers them up the stairs at the back of Westminster Hall to leave, while family and friends watch from an adjacent balcony. The audience resumes the past presentation.
Updated at 18.27 BST
Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren attend the vigil by their grandmother’s coffin as she lies in state at Westminster Hall (clockwise from front centre), Prince of Wales ·les, Peter Phillips, James, Viscount Severn, Princess Eugenie, Duke of Sussex, Princess Beatrice, Lady Louise Windsor and Zara Tindall. Photo: Aaron Chown/PA