anyone queuing to see the coffin in London atm?

[DickDarstedly]

I am wondering how long the queue is and how the organisation is working out. Are there enough toilets? Is it true that the wristband allows you to leave and come back?

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I said Nelson on another thread but I know what you mean!

I'm so glad this this bloody 'princes' stuff includes Anne properly now. I know the whole pageantry show is just that; but it's significant that the public feeling is that Anne should take her place despite the retrospective primogeniture rules.

That will be the peak British moment right there, dying while queing for a queue. Doesn't more British than that!

We thought Anne was channeling HMS Pinnafore's 'Ruler of the Queen's Navy' somewhat.

yessss!

Well, this will certainly cement our international stereotyping as a nation that loves a queue.

She holds the honorary title of Admiral, so some form of that I'd imagine.

The red hackle is very eye catching!

imagine if you went off sick from work and then were caught on camera!

For anyone thinking of joining the access queue, the ticket booth is closed until 12 pm tomorrow. We got up there around 7 and waited for a while but decided we couldn't wait for 15 hours for it to open. Pretty disgusting that they have not put it on the official gov website.

That's so strange that it's not on the website.

twitter.com/DCMS/status/1570852396917719041?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet update on twitter

It's a nice way to say please go away. It's over.

twitter.com/LBC/status/1570713491195166721

'They could have conducted the ticketing system in a way that did not involve an enormous queue snaking through London.'
James O'Brien deems ‘The Establishment’s’ choice to cause enormous queues to enter Westminster Hall 'completely deliberate’.

It was a Life Guards uniform - Blues and Royals I think as she's their honorary Colonel

I thought that was a bit odd - the only grandchildren not on the gallery watching

Isn't that in case they all get all get blown up together or something?

Not sure his alternative would have feasibly worked and am sure his way would have been wide open to exploitation. And repeated website crashes.

I do agree with the point made about there literally being decades to plan this though.

wristband on ebay

wristband on ebay

Just as well they didn't do timed digital tickets. People would have been buying them up and reselling . So many people would have missed out.

The queue is beautifully simple in the way it works.

Noooo!Really

@Piccalino3
@claracluck1978

good luck in the queue- I hope you stay warm tonight & get through soon!

What would he have done instead then?

I started at Southwark park yesterday. Pretty much 12 hours till the end. I was expecting 8 the.

I still think the queue is the best way to go. It shows that if people truly want to come to pay their respects then they will come. For some it's a last minute decision for many reasons such as logistics and personal availability / sacrifice. If a ticketing system was in place and someone decided they did want to come down on the day then they'd be unlikely to be able to do so if all tickets had gone. I love the queue because it shows personal dedication and determination. And it makes it all the more worth while when you get to the end. It's very moving

Awful. But anyone buying this to cheat the system will be turned away as the colours change regularly & for the different queues

(I saw a couple being turned away by security for having snuck in without wristbands when I was there: they are VERY strict)

Tbh I like the massive 'queue snaking through London'. I think it's something special.

The only people I'm willing to hear criticism s from are people who've actually been in it.

It's all going to be over come Tuesday.