One million people expected in London to see the Queen's lying in state

'I’ll get the position and make sure I’ll get my chance to pay respects to the great lady': Woman explains her decision to turn up two days early to see the Queen lying in state in London

The first mourners were pictured gathering in London more than 48 hours before the arrival of Her late Majesty's coffin in the city.The Queen's funeral cortege will not arrive in London until Wednesday afternoon.

The Queen will lie in state in Westminster Hall from Wednesday afternoon until her funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday morning. He described Parliament as "the living and breathing instrument of democracy”, adding : “I cannot help but feel the weight of history that surrounds us."Mourners gather to see the Queen's coffin in Edinburgh this afternoon.The King also quoted Shakespeare in a tribute to his 'beloved mother' as he addressed Parliament for the first time since becoming monarch.

“I am deeply grateful for addresses of condolence, which so touchingly encompass what late sovereign beloved mother meant to us all,” he added.A lone dog watches proceedings on Royal Mile earlier today.Picture: lbc/alamyThe prediction of unprecedented arrivals in the capital came amid a flurry of anti-monarchists' arrests across the nation.

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