Second hand wristbands given out to folks queuing to see the Queen laying in state in Westminster Hall are being offered on eBay for triple figures.
After paying their respects to the Queen, some mourners have speedily posted their used wristbands on the web market, with the very best value to this point achieved standing at £199.99.
At least 5 of the colorful bands have offered on the positioning to this point, with extra auctions ending over the following few days.
Bids on bands presently on sale, embrace a shiny orange one contemporary from right now – Saturday – which has already obtained bids of over £400. The public sale will not be set to finish till Tuesday. Despite the excessive price ticket, the vendor is sweetening the cope with free postage.
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Meanwhile, two darkish inexperienced bands, which the vendor says have been utilized by her and her daughter on Thursday throughout an eight hour wait to file previous the coffin has a prime bid of £396, plus £3.35 postage from Derby (at time of writing).
Yellow bands from the accessible queue are additionally that can be purchased on the positioning, with one vendor even providing to ship “two newspapers collected on the day at Westminster” together with their two yellow accessible bands.
Plus, some mourners had managed to take of their bands with out breaking the seal, and so promoting them “intact”.
One optimistic vendor put their band – which they stated was from the primary day of queuing – up for £22,000, however later eliminated their put up.
Despite the opportunity of shopping for a wristband on-line, purchasers won’t be able to make use of them to skip the queue as they can’t be reused.
The colored and numbered bands have been issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to assist handle the large numbers of individuals eager to catch a glimpse of the Queen mendacity in state. Bands have totally different quantity and color shades every day.
The DCMS web site explains the method for queuing, saying the band is “a record of when you joined the queue”.
However, it provides that “having a wristband does not guarantee your entry to the Lying-in-State”.
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The website goes on: “Wristbands are specific to each person joining the queue, and are strictly non-transferable. You must keep this wristband on at all times as it will be checked along the route.”
Bands make it potential for mourners to depart the queue to be able to go to the bathroom or seize food and drinks. With some folks queuing for round 24 hours, such refreshment breaks are important.
The Queen has been mendacity in state since Wednesday, together with her youngsters holding a vigil on Friday, and her grandchildren resulting from maintain a vigil on Saturday night.
Sky News has contacted the DCMS for touch upon the sale of the bands.
Source: information.sky.com”