It is 2:19 am in London. Lying in state is slated to end at 6:30 am. Last housekeeping?
right now the cams showing that truly impressive ceiling its what 500 years or so old ?
A bit older…
Dating back to 1097, Westminster Hall was built by the son of William the Conquerer …
that wood carving must of been a lifetime job then ,
That was a long break, and we are back. I wonder if there is somewhere people freshen up, they all look pretty good for standing in queue for 10 plus hours.
according to the articles they had bathrooms and places to eat and drink along the queue … the wristbands would let you keep your place in line
Me too. It starts at 1 am my time and ends at 10am.
I imagine CBC will do a condensed version.
awwww…:
Posted at 19:5019:50
‘Heartbreak’ as hundreds turned away from queue
Kristian Johnson
Reporting from the queue
Several hundred people at the back of the queue, near London Bridge, have been turned away because the Queen’s lying-in-state at Westminster Hall is due to end at 06:30 and the queue has reached its final capacity.
Among them were Vidur and Natasha Pabari, who travelled from Chigwell on Sunday evening.
Vidur says: “We got as far as the final point before they said there are no more wristbands, which is heartbreaking.”
“We thought we had got here in good time, but unfortunately it just wasn’t meant to be," says Natasha. "We will have to pay our respects another way.”
I hope that the heartbroken hundreds aren’t watching the livestream, because now there’s just one line on each side of the coffin, unlike the double lines of the last several days, and probably there would have been room for them if the lines were doubled again. If I were one of the people turned away I would feel quite aggrieved.
The double lines are back. I wonder who’s making these decisions?
It’s me. I’m doing it.
Cnn is having clips and stories of people recollections. Msnbc is showing clips and sometimes the feed from Westminster. ABC,cbs, and nbc have nothing yet.
Msnbc just showed the end of the line. Also they announced that George and charlotte are expected to attend the funeral.
The doors have closed at Westminster. Last guard change.
The last mourners have exited, with Black Rod at the very end.
The hall has cleared, just the guards and 4 police officers are there. The last person is with the r a f.
heres the video of the last pair getting the wristbands https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62892350
the guests are starting to arrive… this reminds me of Diana’s funeral
Lots of things happening, guests arriving, military getting in position, crowds gathering.
Did they do a lottery to allow members of the general public to attend like they do at royal weddings?
I believe they are charities and medal recipients.