[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Joey,That sounds amazing, I would love to have gone but just can't at this time, but precious memories for you to treasure.

Kazanne it was really moving.
I'm still gathering the feelings I felt in that Hall.

The silence hit you the instant you were in.
It was like a power in itself.
The only real noise when the guards on duty were being changed.

As LT said that his daughter felt moved by it.
It really is the main word.

It was one the most special personal things I've done in my life so far.
Hope you're okay Kazanne and thank you.

[bots]

i cant see the queue going much lower than it is until monday, so basically 10 miles and a 12 hour wait

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i cant see the queue going much lower than it is until monday, so basically 10 miles and a 12 hour wait

no one can join now for six hours, I think they may have to extend it queue tbh

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Cherie

no one can join now for six hours, I think they may have to extend it queue tbh

They should, yes.
You're right.

They really didn't even plan for this???
Especially now with a bank holiday weekend in place now.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

They should, yes.
You're right.

They really didn't even plan for this???
Especially now with a bank holiday weekend in place now.

I was under the impression the queue would be 10 miles in length, but it is 4.4 miles, some people will be very disappointed

[bots]

i remember before the lying in state began a government spokesperson saying the queue could be 30 hours which would mean that anyone not queuing by tomorrow lunchtime would miss out

[bots]

time for a pro monarchy riot?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

time for a pro monarchy riot?

with it only being Friday, i would imagine tomorrow and Sunday will be insane

[Cherie]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62921700

Live stream

[bots]

The queue to see the Queen lying in state now stretches five miles, with an extraordinary 14-hour waiting time.

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I wonder if thousands of people gate crashed the queue further up or something, it seems weird that the queue length hasn't increased much but the wait time has shot up

[Crimson Dynamo]

Surely Olivia Coleman could go in a coffin for a few hours at say St Brides in fleet street to ease the main queue?

probably too busy sipping champagne and eating caviar the selfish cow

[Crimson Dynamo]

I queued for hours to see the original Star Wars

[bots]

A Chinese government delegation has been banned from attending the lying-in-state of Queen Elizabeth II, the BBC understands.

House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is understood to have refused a request for access to Westminster Hall over Chinese sanctions against five MPs and two peers.

Queen Elizabeth will lie in state until her funeral on Monday.

The Speaker's office told the BBC it did not comment on security matters.

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said they had not seen a reports about the ban, which first emerged on the Politico website.

"As a host, the UK is certainly familiar with diplomatic protocols and proper manners of receiving guests," China's foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, said.

Last year, China imposed travel bans and asset freezes on nine Britons - including seven parliamentarians - for accusing Beijing of mistreating Uighur Muslims.

[Josy]

Not being disrespectful genuinely been wondering but is her body actually in the coffin right now because she's been dead over a week and well the coffin isn't refrigerated is it so how is it not stinking

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Josy

Not being disrespectful genuinely been wondering but is her body actually in the coffin right now because she's been dead over a week and well the coffin isn't refrigerated is it so how is it not stinking

She's probably been embalmed

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

She's probably been embalmed

Yeah but still, over a week is a long time

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Josy

Not being disrespectful genuinely been wondering but is her body actually in the coffin right now because she's been dead over a week and well the coffin isn't refrigerated is it so how is it not stinking

Its a coffin within a coffin. The inner one is made of lead and airtight which is why it is so heavy.

[Josy]

Oh wait I just Googled and apparently if it's not an open casket the embalming can last up to 3 weeks.

Well that's me learned something new today.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Josy

Oh wait I just Googled and apparently if it's not an open casket the embalming can last up to 3 weeks.

Well that's me learned something new today.

Not a fan of open caskets, they always look like a shell and I hate to remember people that way

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Not a fan of open caskets, they always look like a shell and I hate to remember people that way

It's a weird one , but some still look the same & just look like they're sleeping. But the ones who don't look the same ..it can be upsetting.

I think now less & less people want open casket, probably the idea of people staring at them ..is more morbid . And Obviously The Queen was never going to have open casket.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Josy

Oh wait I just Googled and apparently if it's not an open casket the embalming can last up to 3 weeks.

Well that's me learned something new today.

also the coffin being lead lined keeps in nasty niffs

[bots]

Originally Posted by Cherie

also the coffin being lead lined keeps in nasty niffs

The queen won't leak, where do you think Andrew got it from

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

The queen won't leak, where do you think Andrew got it from

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Josy

Oh wait I just Googled and apparently if it's not an open casket the embalming can last up to 3 weeks.

Well that's me learned something new today.

Check out lead lined coffins. The Queen wil not be buried in earth she will be under a marble slab .Prince Philip's coffin is resting of top of his slab awaiting his wife .

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Josy

Oh wait I just Googled and apparently if it's not an open casket the embalming can last up to 3 weeks.

Well that's me learned something new today.

Nobody will have performed the undignified embalming process on our dear queen.

She has 2 coffins to mask the smell. One(the inner one) is made of lead.