British people have been queuing for generations to pay respects in Westminster Hall when notable figures have been lying in state - so how does the Queen's compare to those from the past?
Waiting for hours along the banks of the River Thames is nothing new.
It's an honour reserved for the sovereign, as head of state, the current or past Queen Consort and sometimes former prime ministers.Image: People queue by Lambeth Bridge on their way to Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the Queen Mother in April 2002She lay in state for three days in Westminster Hall where people could visit before her funeral in Westminster Abbey on 9 April 2002.Some 321,360 people filed past the coffin of perhaps Britain's most famous prime minister. He lay in state for three days.
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