Newsman: Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state in Westminster Hall until Monday, when a state funeral will be held and the world will say their final goodbyes to the longest reigning monarch in British history. But, for now, the sense of patriotism, duty, honor and reflection weighs heavily on the minds of the British public as the country prepares to say farewell.
The Queen Elizabeth II’s body lies in state at Westminster Hall. But hundreds of thousands of mourners is already lining up in a quintessentially British and orderly manner to pay their respects.
Experts predict that an estimated 4.1 billion people — more than half of the global population — could watch the funeral for the late queen on Sept. 19.
As the line now stretches for over four miles directly east from the heart of the British government at Westminster all the way past the famous Tower Bridge, a general mood of gratitude and quiet reflection has been displayed across the queue on Thursday.
When the Elizabeth Line opened up in May to mark the queen’s 70th jubilee, Londoners hailed the new transport link on the tube system as a way to speed up transportation around the hulking capital city.
