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Charlie Jones

Woman begins queuing outside Westminster Abbey FOUR days before Queen's funeral

A woman has been spotted queuing for the Queen's funeral outside Westminster Abbey four days before it is set to begin.

Footage from September 15 shows the woman settling in for the long wait, wearing a thick coat and set up with camping chairs.

Around 2,000 world leaders will attend the service including Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Members of the public won't be allowed to attend but many are hoping to get a front row seat to watch the procession from Westminster Hall to the Abbey.

On Monday, September 19, the Queen's Coffin will be carried from Westminster Hall shortly after 10.35am to the State Gun Carriage, which will be positioned outside the building's North Door.

This mourner began queueing four days before the start of the funeral (NEWSFLARE)

The procession will go from New Palace Yard through Parliament Square, Broad Sanctuary and the Sanctuary before arriving at Westminster Abbey just before 11am.

The King will lead the procession made up of 200 musicians from the massed Pipes & Drums of Scottish and Irish Regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas, and the Royal Air Force, with the Princess Royal, Duke of York and Earl of Wessex.

The nation mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II (Getty Images)

Behind the quartet will be the Queen’s grandsons Peter Phillips, the Duke of Sussex and the Prince of Wales.

They will be followed by the late monarch’s son-in-law Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke of Gloucester, the Queen’s cousin, and her nephew the Earl of Snowdon.

The Queen’s coffin will be carried on a 123-year-old gun carriage towed by 98 Royal Navy sailors in a tradition dating back to the funeral of Queen Victoria.

Procession with the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrives at Westminster Hall from Buckingham Palace (Getty Images)

Other representatives expected at the funeral include from the Realms and the Commonwealth, the Orders of Chivalry including recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cross, Government, Parliament, devolved Parliaments and Assemblies, the Church, and Her Majesty’s Patronages will form the congregation, along with further representatives from law, emergency services, public servants and professions, and public representatives.

At 11.55am the Last Post will sound, followed by a two-minutes' silence throughout the United Kingdom.

After the service the coffin will be taken in procession to Windsor for a private burial service conducted by the Dean of Windsor attended by the King and other family members.

Woman begins queuing outside Westminster Abbey four days before Queen's funeral (NEWSFLARE)

The Queen will be buried together with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI Memorial Chapel

The country has gone queueing mad in the past few days as millions flock to the capital in the hope of seeing the Queen lie in state at Westminster Hall before the funeral.

The queue, which has become a spectacle in its own right, stretching for around five miles from Westminster to Bermondsey.

Tory ministers warned that mourners could face five-mile queues and 30-hour waits to see Her Majesty lying in state in Westminster Hall.

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown (Getty Images)

Brits will be able to view the Queen's coffin until Monday, when the funeral is due to take place.

Penny Purnell, from Littlehampton, West Sussex, said seeing the Queen lying in state drove home that she "really has gone", adding: "That was quite hard to take."

Ms Purnell and her friend Jill Scudamore, also aged over 65, joined the queue at about 11am on Wednesday and waited six hours to pay their respects.

Ms Purnell described the "grandeur" of the hall and the atmosphere as "very moving" speaking afterwards.

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