Hello, well I've never had to go on YouTube and go to the Department of Digital Culture

and Media and Sport to find the end of a queue before, but that's what I've just done

because the government has got this live YouTube stream where you can find the end of

the queue to join the line to eventually end up seeing the Queen's coffin lying in

state in Westminster Hall.

So I'm down here on the south bank of the River Thames, just after tea time on Wednesday

and I'm at the end of the queue which is about two and a half miles away from the end point

and you could tell you're coming towards the queue because there's loads of crash barriers

for the dimes, they're obviously expecting it to get even longer, there are loads of people

in high vests to help people out and actually there's quite a lot of people who've come down

just to have a look at it as well, right? Should we have a chat to some people here in the

queue? Hello, who'd like to talk to the BBC from Newscast, podcast? How you doing?

Evening. What's your name? Karen.

And where are you from Karen? Leon C and Essex.

Okay and why did you want to be here?

Obviously I'd like to see the Queen resting state, she's done a magnificent job for 70 years

and I'd like to say thank you to her.

At least the queue's moving now because for the last few days it's been stationary. Do

you have any idea how long it'll take to get to Westminster Hall from here?

No idea, we got the tube from Tower Hill to Westminster and then didn't realise the queue

was this long and we've walked all the way from Westminster back to here.

Well at least you know how long it is and it's long.

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