For Christina Heerey, the last person in the miles-long queue to view Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin, it was so important to see the queen lying in state that she did it twice.
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Heerey, who works for the Royal Air Force, waited in line on Sunday and finally entered Westminster Palace to see the queen’s coffin at 1:15 a.m. on Monday.“It went really, really quickly, so I thought I’ll try to see if I can go around again, just to save the moment more,” she said Monday just before 7 a.m., after the viewing had ended.Her two trips through the queue took her 14 hours — but she said it was worth it.
“The queue was amazing; both times I went round, it was amazing people out there. And all the people that helped out, they made it today, they were all very cheerful and tried to keep everybody’s spirits up, saying it’s not much further, it’s not much further. They were very good,” she said.
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