Officials monitoring Westminster Hall reportedly stopped six mourners from entering premises to see the Queen’s coffin lying in state.
The “airport security” style procedures have also seen elderly mourners deprived of hand sanitiser and boiled sweets, according to the Mail Online.
One who had stood in line said they were forced to hand over a single Werther's Original, lipstick and hand gel.
“I was told to throw away my little bottle of glasses cleaner, you'd just never have even thought of it,” another mourner said.
Another had her mini-toothpaste, deodorant and face cream taken away.
Despite the reports, others have told PA news agency they are more than happy to join the queue - which stretched out to more than four miles as of 9am on Friday.
Sisters Rebecca, 37, and Sarah Welham, 34, said they had been in the queue to see the Queen lying in state for almost two hours.
Funeral director Rebecca Welham brought her daughter, Sophia, along and had no problems getting the five-year-old up at 4am to make the journey from Sevenoaks, Kent, to London.
"She went to bed last night and then 4am this morning I got her up," she said.
"I was ready to go, so I literally had to get her up and then go straight out the door."
Sophia sat quietly in the queue eating a sausage roll, with her mother adding: "She is quite excited, if I can use that word, to see the Queen.
"She understands what has happened and she wants to be part of it."
