The Lying in State

As said, there are several official descriptions, as posted above.

As sad as it is that our Queen has died,i honestly cant see the point in going too see a flag over a coffin,i can see that on TV.
I can mourn like the rest of the world in the comfort of my home.
And tbh,i would more than likely burst into tears.

As sad as it is that our Queen has died,i honestly cant see the point in going too see a flag over a coffin,i can see that on TV

Misses the point completely but your opinion - if not mine.

Sparklefizz

Interviewer to child in the queue to pay respects to the Queen:

Interviewer: "Why are you here?"

Child: "Because she's been the Queen my whole life."

"How old are you?"

Child: 8

I loved it.

I saw that as well Sparklefizz made me smile

At some point in the future, when I’m in Windsor, I will visit St George’s Chapel and pay my respects privately as I did for the Queen Mother.
My way of doing things may not be the same as many, but thankfully we are all different.

As I said in another post if the coffin had gone by train I would have gone to the end of the village where the main North /South line runs and stood and shown my respect, but would not travel further.

Just back from London, I walked round the outside of Buckingham Palace, then into Green Park to see the flowers, the scent of which was amazing. I then walked to Westminster, I could not queue for that length of time, but I was able to walk past St Margaret's Hall where she is lying in state, and opposite is the small but beautiful St Margaret's Church, where you can go in, sit down in the quiet a couple of hundred yards from the coffin and say a prayer or just collect your thoughts and say Goodbye.

but I was able to walk past St Margaret's Hall where she is lying in state, and opposite is the small but beautiful St Margaret's Church
So close B9exchange ! But to avoid confusion , the Lying in State is at Westminster Hall within the Palace of Westminster is it not?

I think what's lovely is that everyone interviewed in the queue is saying what a calm and friendly atmosphere there is.And how many people are making people they would otherwise never met.That is heartening.And an example of the best of our country.Important to me even though I'm not going myself.And makes a change from the negativity and cynicism so often prevalent nowadays.

NotAGran55 I’m planning to do the same myself as my daughter lives in Windsor.
My fervid royalist friend has not contacted me about going to the lying in state, which I vaguely mentioned being interested in weeks and weeks ago, when the Queen’s passing was mentioned.
I’m hoping I’m off the hook…

I went to the Lying in State and Funeral for Winston Churchill, but cannot go anywhere at the moment as I am down with COVID.

DD is going because she says it is a moment in history and she wants to be part of it. She will be starting her queueing tomorrow evening after work.

Sorry I meant Westminster Hall! It is just over the road, opposite St Margaret's Church.