A line of four blue camping chairs mark the spot Wendy Bingley will spend more than 24 hours chatting to passersby.
Bingley, her daughter and 79 year-old mother, will be joined by tens of thousands on The Mall, a grand avenue outside Buckingham Palace, to watch Elizabeth’s coffin on its journey to her final resting place in Windsor following her funeral in nearby Westminster Abbey.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“We absolutely adore the Queen,” said Bingley, 58, who set off before dawn to bag a prime viewing spot, meters from where the coffin will pass.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Closer to parliament, where Elizabeth’s body is lying in state, others have already spent a night on the pavement to witness the grand military procession and gun carriage that will convey the coffin towards Wellington Arch.
“I’m only 5 foot 3 , I didn’t want to be 10-deep in the crowd. I wanted to be able to see, so here we are, committed to it,” said 61-year old Fiona Ross who lives in Italy and spent the night in a tent with her sister. Bingley, who has no tent, will sleep on her camping chair. Last week she queued through the night to see the Queen’s lying in state, returning home for an hour’s sleep before going to work.
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