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My wife and I joined the queue in Southwark Park at 0145 on Friday, and walked to Westminster Hall, and left the lying in state 12 hours later. We didn’t see David Beckham, or anyone vaguely famous fin the queue. It’s inevitable that some “do you know who I ams “ will jump the queue, and we bear them no resentment. The whole experience was joyous and heartwarming. We are both in our seventies now, and found it hard going at times. So glad we decided to do it.
My father-in-law gave Mrs Sussex a very stressful phone call the other day when he told her he was going to pay his last respects to the Queen.
He is 87 and struggles to walk.
However he was adamant and got the first train out of B&H at 5.15 am, thankfully with one of his sons as company.
He had his best suit on, he had his medals on, and he also had his white berry on. Ex RAF military police.
What panicky Mrs Sussex didn't realise was that disabled veterans could book a slot and enter via the assisted entrance. And bless his heart he paid his respects at 8.20 the same day.
