\u0027It makes it all more tangible, an experience,\u0027 said Mrs. Dawson. \u0027If we hadn’t come, we would have regretted it\u0027
This has been on display for the world since Queen Elizabeth II’s passing. Around 33,000 people streamed through the cathedral in Edinburgh where her coffin was first made available to the viewing public for 20 hours on Monday and Tuesday.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
And there is a queuing system at Wimbledon, where those without tickets can line up days in advance in the hope of getting tickets into the show courts. Many come with tents. Wimbledon’s website states that “[f]or many, the Queue at The Championships is as much a part of the Wimbledon experience as the tennis itself.”Article content
Members of the public, top, descend the Millennium Bridge above others, bottom, standing in a queue along the south bank of the River Thames, opposite St Paul’s Cathedral, to pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, in London on September 16, 2022“Usually, queues are relatively short and reasonably fast-moving,” said Newburn. “The expectation is that there is no eye contact or talking.
But the other unspoken rules of the orderly British queue were clear and well respected. One could leave to go to the washroom or get some food, and was welcomed back into the queue where one had left it. Although not explicitly required to do so, smokers briefly left the queue so as not to perturb those still in it.Article content
Members of the public stand in the queue opposite the Houses of Parliament for the lying in state of Queen Elizabeth II on September 16, 2022.Our progress would soon be halted: It took 45 minutes to cross the bridge, whereupon we were informed that Westminster Hall was to be closed for cleaning at 3 a.m. for “up to an hour.” We would be allowed to enter the first half of Victoria Tower Gardens, but not to continue on because the portable toilet facilities further ahead were inadequate.
Members of the public stand in the queue at the Jubilee Gardens as they wait in line to pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, in London on September 16, 2022.And although there was a special queue near Westminster Hall for those with special accessibility needs, several people with such needs were in the longer queue. One woman with a walking stick and bent heavily to one side was amongst the fastest walkers, overtaking many during the early stages of the queue.
They had followed the queue tracker and were not daunted by the long wait. “We’re British, we know how to do a good queue,” said Mr. Dawson.Article content At 3:30 a.m. — eight hours after starting out — we finally entered the last bit of the queue. While we were not far, as the crow flies, from Westminster Hall, the zigzag gates added a lot of distance to be covered on foot.
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