Monday 19 September 2022 12:53 AM Amazing image shows boy of eight who was the last in queue to see George VI ... trends now

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Cloaked in an enormous blanket and dutifully ready to remove his Cub’s cap, eight-year-old Mickey Bran earned a minor place in royal history as the last person in the queue to see King George VI lying in state.

Now, 70 years on, Mr Bran remembers the occasion with a heavy heart.

‘It was daunting,’ the 78-year-old military veteran said from his home in Gosport, Hampshire, after being tracked down by the Daily Mail.

‘I walked into Westminster Hall and had never seen anything like it before in my life. And I never thought I’d see it again. But now we’ve seen it on a TV and it brings back memories.’

Mr Bran said he was in the queue on February 15, 1952, with his

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