Huge line to view monarch’s coffin is queue fit for a queen

By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Britons famously love to line up, but marshaling hundreds of thousands of people who want to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II will test Britain’s famous capacity for queuing to its limit. Authorities have laid out a designated 10-mile route from Parliament, where the queen’s coffin will lie in state from Wednesday afternoon until her funeral on Monday. Hundreds of stewards, police officers and first-aid providers were assigned to look after the crowds, along with 30 multi-faith pastors and volunteers from a suicide prevention organization tending to the emotional needs of anyone who is struggling. More than 500 portable toilets stand at the ready along the route. The public was warned of marathon waits.