The queue may close early to ensure as many visitors in the queue as possible can enter the Palace before the Lying-in-State period comes to an end. It will be open 24 hours a day until it closes at 6.30am on Monday 19 September. Her Majesty The Queen’s Lying-in-State at the Palace of Westminster opens to the public at 5pm on Wednesday 14 September.
Members of the public attending will file past the catafalque to pay their respects. The accessible queue remains permanently closed.ĭuring the Lying-in-State period, Her Majesty The Queen’s closed coffin rests on a raised platform, which is called a catafalque, inside Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament). Stewards will manage those already nearby. The queue to attend Her Majesty The Queen’s Lying-in-State is at final capacity, and is closed to new entrants.
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