People have been urged not to set off from home to join the queue for the Queen’s lying in state, which is due to close on Sunday.
Members of the public in the queue next to the River Thames near Bermondsey, London, as they wait to view the Queen lying in state ahead of her funeral on Monday
Thousands of people have made the steady pilgrimage across central London to pay their respects to the late monarch over the past four days. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said it will announce later on Sunday when the queue will close. A decision will be taken today on when entry to the queue for Her Majesty The Queen’s Lying-in-State will close as it reaches final capacityTo avoid disappointment please do not set off to join the queue
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