Queue to see the queen lying in state for up to 10 MILES

Hundreds of thousands are expected to file past the coffin of the late monarch to pay their respects as she lies in state at Westminster Hall

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Plans have been made for queues to see the queen lying in state to stretch for 10 miles.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to file past the coffin of the late monarch to pay their respects as she rests in the Old Westminster Hall of Parliament.

The line of mourners could stretch for 10 miles, with queuing infrastructure in place along the River Thames for nearly 7 miles from Lambeth Bridge to Southwark Park.

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There will then be three miles of zigzag lines in the park if needed.

Members of the public will be admitted to the Old Westminster Hall of Parliament from 5pm today, where they can pay their respects to the late Queen.

The coffin will rest on a raised platform, known as the catafalque, which will be guarded 24 hours a day.

Visitors will be able to view the Queen's coffin until 6.30am Monday, when the late monarch will be transported to Westminster Abbey for the state funeral, with the queue splitting into two streams, one of each side of the coffin.< /p>

Members of the public join the queue on the South Bank, as they wait to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state (

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Mourners can join the queue at the Albert Embankment near Lambeth Bridge and it will wind its way along the river to Southwark Park to the southeast.

People in the queue must keep moving, but they will be given wristbands allowing them to briefly leave the queue to buy food from 24-hour cafes, use portable toilets, or fill up bottles of water for free.

There will be over 1,000 volunteers, stewards, marshals and police along the route at all times, with support from members of the Red Cross, multi-denominational pastors and members of the Samaritans.