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Amy Reast & Graeme Murray

Mourners selling lying in state wristbands for more than £10,000 on eBay

Mourners are selling their Queen's laying in state queue wristbands for more than £10,000 on eBay.

Royals-obsessed Brits have listed their second-hand wristbands - issued during visits to the late the Queen laying in state at Westminster Hall - on the online marketplace.

After paying their respects to Her Majesty, some have hastily posted their used wristbands on the site - with bids hitting five figures.

As new items are being listed every few minutes, bids are racking up - with some people pledging to pay more than £10k for a single wristband.

Listings seem to vanish as soon as they appear - but more pop up again and again.

People put on the wristbands that indicate their place in line as they wait to pay their respects to the Queen (Getty Images)

Some are even selling bundles of multiple tickets, leaflets and newspapers from the days surrounding the Queen's death.

Earlier today The Mirror reported how the online queue tracker had been temporarily paused as capacity numbers were reached, but has now resumed

Before it stopped it was estimated to be five miles-long and would take around 14 hours to complete.

And people joining later could be queuing for up to 30 hours.

Some people are bidding more than £10,000 for a single wristband (Ebay)

It has currently paused for "at least" six hours after it reached capacity, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DMCS) said.

Commemorative items including coins are more traditional souvenirs are being sold but some have chosen to mark the historic queue by selling their place-marking wrist band.

Ebay listings have appeared selling wristbands from their users' time in the queue.

But the price of these wristbands varied from £10 for an orange band, to £102 for a yellow one.

This has massively increased as more people make the items available on eBay.

Wristband listings seem to vanish as soon as they appear but more quickly replace them (Ebay)

Some listings also came with memorial newspapers from the day of Queen Elizabeth’s passing.

There are already nine bids and, with six days left on the listing, it is likely to increase further - but it also means the wristband won't get you access to the queue.

The Mirror reported earlier the queue for Westminster Hall had got so long, the government shut it down.

But people responded by queueing for the queue, which reaches nearly five miles across London.

The cost of wristbands has spiralled among bidders (Ebay)

In a perfect show of the British queueing obsession people have shown serious dedication to the event.

They have camped overnight, brought fold-down chairs and even ordered pizza in the queue which is now stretching from Westminster all the way to Southwark Park.

Thousands wanted to pay their respects and made new friends during the long wait.

The wristbands were given out to mark their place in line.

Bids for the wristbands have reached astronomical prices (Ebay)

It allowed them to go and get food and drink and visit the loo as they join the 14 hour wait.

The auction site eBay, however, said it would be removing any items which are posted.

An eBay spokesperson said: “These items are against our policies and we are removing them from our site.”

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