A View From The Queue: our report from London and lining up to pay last respects to the Queen.
have been seen waiting in line with members of the public handing out doughnuts and trying to stay incognito) You might get served pizza by thewho ordered a takeaway and sung hymns with royal fans in the queue to keep spirits up.
At one point during the day, when officials stopped people from joining the queue as waiting times doubled from 12 to 24 hours, another queue formed to join The Queue. It really could only happen in Britain. Even when the temperature dropped, feet were sore from standing, and all the snacks had run out, spirits were not dampened. People had traveled to Westminster from around the country and from around the world. One man I spoke with had come all the way from India. Some were with parents and grandparents, others wanted to bring their children, and by the end of “The Queue,” everyone had made new friends.
“It’s an amazing atmosphere here, and we just had to come to say we have been a part of it and to pay our respects,”Carrying her youngest in her arms she added: “Yes, it’s been a long wait, and there’s been a fair amount of sugar bribes to keep the children happy, but I know it will be worth it.” It is a sentiment echoed by everyone in front and behind her., a Londoner whose Order of Chivalry for voluntary work was pinned to his overcoat, said it was a moment in time he will remember forever.
Indeed it was. Upon entering the Great Hall, where Charles I was tried in 1649 at the end of the Civil War, you are immediately struck by the silence, scale, and overwhelming sense that history is being made within these hallowed historic halls. Two hours before I visited,
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