The queue for people with mobility problems was closed as 'all wristbands for time slots have already been allocated'
Despite regularly checking the tracker, mourners went against advice to travel to pay their respects to the late monarch.
She went on: “I always wanted to curtsy in front of the Queen when she was alive, and sort of felt it was important to come and do it now.” Linda Partridge, 71, and Simon Hopkins, 59, travelled from the West Midlands for the lying in state because they felt “that need to come down”.
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