Queue Builds as up to 400,000 Expected for Queen’s Lying in State

Labour Party leader calls on anti-monarchists to 'respect' mourners

The coffin of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II being borne on a gun carriage in a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall where it will lie-in-state, on Sep. 14, 2022. Howard Cheng

A huge line has formed in central London as people queue up to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II—who died in Scotland on Thursday—ahead of her funeral on Monday.

Up to 400,000 people are expected over the next four days to pass by the Queen’s coffin as she lies in state in Westminster Hall.