An unprecedented queue for an unprecedented moment in history.

Thousands of people are lining up to see Her Majesty's coffin, which is now lying in state at Westminster Hall, after being transported from Buckingham Palace in a silent procession.

The queue has got a bit shorter as night starts to set in, but it still stretches for kilometres.

The Daily Mirror Royal Editor Russell Myers told Mike Hosking it's going to get a lot longer in the days to come.

The Queen will lie in state until her funeral on Monday.

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