Thursday 15 September 2022 06:08 PM Thousands of mourners continue to join queue to see the Queen as wait time hits ... trends now
Mourners hoping to pay their respects to the Queen have been warned they face a nine hour wait - with queues now snaking back past Tower Bridge.
Queues to see the late monarch as she lies in state at Westminster Hall have doubled in length today, after dropping to two miles - as far as Southwark Bridge - overnight.
Many more are expected to join the queue over the weekend - in a sign of the huge demand from people, some who have traveled from across the world, to say their final goodbye to the popular monarch. It is estimated the number of people set to make the trip could hit more than 350,000,
But well-wishers are now being warned that they must join the queue by 12.30an on Sunday in order to see the coffin, sources have today claimed. The Queen will lay in state until 6.30am on Monday, the day of the state funeral.
Meanwhile, more than 1.7million people have gone online to view the Government's live queue tracker on YouTube which shows the end of the line as people wait patiently to enter Westminster Hall to see the Queen's coffin.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) launched a live stream yesterday afternoon as the first mourners were allowed to enter at 5pm. The video features a live map with the queue route marked in purple, alongside information on the length of the queue in miles and the nearest London landmark to the back.
Hundreds of thousands are expected to join the queue over the next three days to bid the Queen a final farewell as they file past her coffin. Mourners have already been pictured in tears as they pay their respects, as well as making the sign of the cross and standing in prayer.
As of 1pm more than 1.72 million people had viewed the DCMS's original live stream video - but this is thought to be much lower than the true number of those tracking the queue, as the department changed its stream onto a different page at around 9am this morning. Since this occurred more than 12,000 people have been watching the new stream at any one time.
Mourners hoping to pay their respects to the Queen have been warned they face a nine hour wait - with queues now snaking back past Tower Bridge (pictured: Queues to see the Queen lying in state are currently back at Tower Bridge)
Queues to see the late monarch as she lies in state at Westminster Hall have doubled in length today, after falling to a four hour wait overnight. Pictured: Members of the public stand in the queue for the Lying-in State of Queen Elizabeth II on September 19
Many more are expected to join the queue over the weekend - in a sign of the huge demand from people, some who have traveled from across the world, to say their final goodbye to the popular monarch. Pictured: A sign near Westminster pointing well-wishers in the direction of the Queen lying in state
The live stream is being viewed by more than 12,000 people at any one time
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It comes as sources today told MailOnline how mourners could be prevented from seeing the Queen lying in state if they arrive at the end of the queue in Southwark Park later than 12.30am on Sunday. Pictured: Members of the public queue by the National Theatre on the South Bank in London, as they wait to view Queen Elizabeth II lying in state ahead of her funeral on Monday
Pictured: People walk in a queue to pay their respect to the late Queen Elizabeth II during the lying-in-state, in Westminster Hall in London, Thursday
It comes as sources today told MailOnline how mourners could be prevented from seeing the Queen lying in state if they arrive at the end of the queue in Southwark Park later than 12.30am on Sunday.
Organisers have designated the bottom of the 63-acre park as the end of the line to see Elizabeth II's coffin in Westminster Hall, more than five miles away.
The estimated waiting time for those joining in the park, where snaking airport-style queues have been set up, is 30 hours.
That means that people have until 12.30am on Sunday with which to join the line before the time The Queen lays in state officially ends at 6.30am on Monday, the day of the state funeral.
And today - the first full day of the Queen's coffin being on public view - the queue had already reached Bermondsey Wall, half a mile from the park, by 3pm today.
A source said: 'Southwark Park has been designated as the end of the queue. There have been barriers set up to facilitate a zig-zag queuing system.
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