On Wednesday night, Christie was setting up her green tent in the shadow of Buckingham Palace, alongside a small group of fellow royal watchers she jokingly calls the “diehards.”
In the coming days, she plans to move her tent as close as possible to Westminster Abbey, where the queen’s funeral will take place.
But when the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton — now Prince and Princess of Wales — came around in 2011, she decided it was time to go in person. She said her favourite memories include getting to see the queen pass by in the rarely used gold state coach, and having a good view of Middleton, Camilla, now Queen Consort, and the royal children passing by in a coach.
Rather than what she gets to see, “it’s more what you get to feel,” she said. “You feel the mood of people.” Scott has since tried to be present for the major milestones in the lives of Diana’s children, Princes William and Harry. She camped out at their weddings and for the births and baptisms of Prince William’s three children.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.Christie says she has met many friendly people who stop to offer food or help with tents, or simply to have a chat. She and the other campers have also become fast friends, she said.
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