Long lines of
people to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth-II after her death
The move came
just hours before the arrival of King Charles III and his siblings at historic
Westminster Hall. A live tracker reporting on the queue said that the queue had
grown long and reached its capacity and people were barred from being part of
the queue for six hours after waiting for 14 hours.
London: After
the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, the British government on Friday
stopped more people from joining the queue. The move came just hours before the
arrival of King Charles III and his siblings at historic Westminster Hall. A
live tracker reporting on the queue said that the queue had grown long and
reached its capacity and people were barred from being part of the queue for
six hours after waiting for 14 hours. Queues
of mourners stretched to five miles (eight kilometers) long to catch a glimpse
of the queen.
The line ran
from Parliament to Southwark Park in South London and then around the park in a
winding position. Caroline Quilty, from London, said she joined the queue at 4am on Friday. She said, 'I believe this is
a historic moment and I will definitely regret it if I don't participate or be
a part of it.'
prevented the
Chinese delegation from leaving
Meanwhile, a
delegation of Chinese officials was prevented from entering the historic hall
of parliament where the late queen's coffin is kept. China's ambassador to
Britain has been banned from parliament for a year after Beijing banned seven
British lawmakers last year for speaking out against its treatment of its
Uyghur minority in China's far-western Xinjiang region.
In Beijing,
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said she had not seen Politico
News, but that the British government, as the host of the Queen's funeral,
"should observe diplomatic protocol and proper etiquette in welcoming
guests".
King Charles
III, who ascended the British throne after his mother's death last week, was
out of London on the final leg of his nationwide tour on Thursday. The Maharaja
returned to London on Friday. A day later, on Saturday, all eight of Queen
Elizabeth II's grandchildren will stand by the coffin for 15 minutes. Prince
