Waiting for hours alongside the banks of the River Thames is nothing new.
British individuals have been doing it for generations to pay respects in Westminster Hall when notable figures have been mendacity in state.
It’s an honour reserved for the sovereign, as head of state, the present or previous Queen Consort and generally former prime ministers.
So how do the queues we’re seeing immediately evaluate to these from the previous?
2002 – The Queen Mother
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, died on 30 March 2002, on the age of 101.
She lay in state for 3 days in Westminster Hall the place individuals may go to earlier than her funeral in Westminster Abbey on 9 April 2002.
An estimated 200,000 individuals paid their respects to the Queen Mother.
1965 – Sir Winston Churchill
Some 321,360 individuals filed previous the coffin of maybe Britain’s most well-known prime minister. He lay in state for 3 days.
1953 – Queen Mary (Elizabeth II’s grandmother)
About 120,000 individuals got here to pay their respects to the Queen.
1952 – King George VI
Queen Elizabeth II’s father lay in state for 5 days and at occasions the queue was 4 miles lengthy, based on parliamentary paperwork.
Some 305,806 individuals have been recorded as having filed previous the coffin.
1936 – King George V (Elizabeth II’s grandfather)
The King lay in state in Westminster Hall for 5 days, with an estimated quarter of one million individuals having filed previous.
1910 – King Edward VII
The King lay in state for 3 days, and 250,000 individuals have been estimated to have filed by.
1898 – William Gladstone
The former prime minister was the primary mendacity in state in Westminster Hall and it’s estimated that round 250,000 individuals got here to pay their respects.
Source: information.sky.com”