King Charles, Prince William meet mammoth queue for queen’s coffin as wait stretches beyond 25 hours
- The new monarch and the heir to the throne shook hands with mourners, thanked people in line to pay last respects to the late Queen Elizabeth
- Some 435 people have required medical attention after waiting hours in the queue, which has extended beyond 25 hours

Cries of “God Save the King” came from the crowd as the new monarch and heir to the throne thanked members of the public before attention turns to the stream of world leaders arriving for the grand state send-off on Monday.
“I’m so happy. He was so calm, and friendly and he was so gentle,” said Geraldine Potts-Ahmad, a secretary in her late 50s, as she struggled to contain her emotions after shaking hands with Charles.
“He is going to make the best king. That gentleness and that tenderness, I saw the queen in that.”

The queen’s death on September 8 aged 96, after a record-breaking 70 years on the throne, has sparked an outpouring of emotion.
Members of the public are braving waits that have stretched to more than 25 hours, and chilly nighttime temperatures, to view her flag-shrouded coffin.