Mourners remained undeterred and prepared to wait “as long as it takes” to see the Queen lying in state, amid warnings of a 24-hour queue and Government warnings not to travel. Despite regularly checking the tracker, mourners went against advice to travel to pay their respects to the late monarch. “There’s lots of places to eat and toilets and things; you’re used to working long hours at the NHS,” he told PA, laughing. Later on Saturday morning the tracker had stopped telling mourners not to travel, and the wait had dropped to 16 hours. There was constant movement through Southwark Park until the Thames path along Bermondsey Wall East where the queue became more stationary.

Source: The Times September 17, 2022 11:01 UTC