![]() In a quintessentially British fashion, an orderly line began to form outside the Palace of Westminster as soon as it was announced the late monarch would be lying in state at Westminster Hall on Monday – two days before the hall’s doors would open to public.īy Wednesday afternoon, The Queue became official, and up popped all the planned amenities. People stand in line along Southbank, forming a queue to pay their respects to the Queen. It may not be as fast-moving as another method of getting from one end of London to another, but it does share a moniker – the Elizabeth line. Plans are in place for it to be as long as nine miles, or 14.5 kilometers. ![]() It stretches past landmarks such as the London Eye (constructed at the turn of the millennium), the Royal Festival Hall (opened in 1951, the year before Princess Elizabeth’s accession to the throne) and the Globe theater (a throwback to a previous Elizabethan age). ![]() It snakes from Westminster Hall, where the late monarch’s body is lying in state, for miles along the south bank of the River Thames. It has taken on symbolic meaning, a ritual to be undertaken, an embodiment of the national mood. We are talking, of course, about the queue which Britons must join in order to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II. A route was carefully mapped out.Īnd no country’s population could have been better prepared for it. Intricate logistical technicalities were ironed out. ![]() Multiple official agencies were brought together. It is a moment for which Britain has been in solemn preparation for years. ![]()
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