Woman becomes first in line in London to see Queen's coffin - 48 hours earlier
Security personnel are already queuing along the scheduled queue, which can range from Victoria Tower Gardens to Lambeth Bridge to Westminster Bridge .
Vanessa Nathakumaran is the first person to arrive on Lambeth Bridge, London, to queue for the Queen's lying in state (
Image: PA)
Three mourners dressed in folding chairs and snacks flocked to Westminster to camp and line up for the Queen's Ceremony - two days before the event.
Vanessa Nathakumaran, 56, was the first to queue near Lambeth Bridge, as she felt it was "her duty".
Ms Nathakumaran, from Harrow, had no intention of spending two nights camping in Westminster as she is currently staying in a hotel while her house is being repaired.
"I was walking around, I asked them what they were up to, I felt a strange feeling of being overwhelmed, but I knew I had to do my duty," she told the Mirror.
p>"It is very moving to know that she has passed away, she has done a great service.
Picture:
PENNSYLVANIA)"My great-uncle was knighted by King George V and invited to his coronation. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
"My daughter was chosen to be the honor guard for the Golden Jubilee.
"She also had the good fortune to meet Prince William. I feel like my family has a connection to the Royals, who are so kind. I owe it to them to line up and pay their respects. "
Ms Nathalumaran, Annie and Grace Gothard from Mitcham, will spend two nights on the streets of Westminster, near Lambeth Bridge to avoid the long queues.
Annie, 65, from Cardiff, who wished not to give her surname, was the second person to join the queue near Lambeth Bridge for the Queen's Ceremony.
The 65-year-old arrived around 2.15pm with a chair and a Welsh flag, saying she had been up at 3am and had been traveling with a group from Cardiff, but had not found out where go only after seeing Vanessa Nanthakumaran on the news.
She said, 'So we're here representing Wales.
Security personnel are already queuing along the scheduled queue, which can range from Victoria Tower Gardens to Lambeth Bridge to Westminster Bridge .
Vanessa Nathakumaran is the first person to arrive on Lambeth Bridge, London, to queue for the Queen's lying in state (
Image: PA)
Three mourners dressed in folding chairs and snacks flocked to Westminster to camp and line up for the Queen's Ceremony - two days before the event.
Vanessa Nathakumaran, 56, was the first to queue near Lambeth Bridge, as she felt it was "her duty".
Ms Nathakumaran, from Harrow, had no intention of spending two nights camping in Westminster as she is currently staying in a hotel while her house is being repaired.
"I was walking around, I asked them what they were up to, I felt a strange feeling of being overwhelmed, but I knew I had to do my duty," she told the Mirror.
p>"It is very moving to know that she has passed away, she has done a great service.
Picture:
PENNSYLVANIA)"My great-uncle was knighted by King George V and invited to his coronation. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
"My daughter was chosen to be the honor guard for the Golden Jubilee.
"She also had the good fortune to meet Prince William. I feel like my family has a connection to the Royals, who are so kind. I owe it to them to line up and pay their respects. "
Ms Nathalumaran, Annie and Grace Gothard from Mitcham, will spend two nights on the streets of Westminster, near Lambeth Bridge to avoid the long queues.
Annie, 65, from Cardiff, who wished not to give her surname, was the second person to join the queue near Lambeth Bridge for the Queen's Ceremony.
The 65-year-old arrived around 2.15pm with a chair and a Welsh flag, saying she had been up at 3am and had been traveling with a group from Cardiff, but had not found out where go only after seeing Vanessa Nanthakumaran on the news.
She said, 'So we're here representing Wales.
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