“I quite enjoyed it last time even though it was 14 hours,” she says. Her 15 year old daughter FFion says it’s worth it to feel part of history, which she loves. “That was a hard one,” says Alison, before, inexplicably, adding: “And at the end of that we all made the promise that we’d come back today.” They arrived in the queue at midday, and got in at two in the morning – 14 hours later. The “last one” was The Queue - the family decided on a whim to travel down to pay their respects to the late Queen, and queue up to pass by her coffin. “And I’ve had a biscuit for my breakfast.” Is this a good experience? “Yes,” he says. Her son Ben, a good four hours before the first procession is about to start already looks a little fed up. “I just think it’s good to keep these traditions alive and just pass it on to your children and hopefully they’ll remember it for the rest of their lives.” “I think being in the north, we don’t see this type of thing every day, we don’t have it around,” she says. The family travelled down from the north straight after school yesterday, and have been at their spot since before it got light. That doesn’t worry Alison Marshall, who has travelled from Bolton with her two kids, her sister and her sister’s children. The forecast rain is yet to arrive and people are generally in a good mood, despite the early starts and the promise of biblical downpours in a few hours time.
The British love a bit of logistics chat, and of course waiting patiently is the nation’s favourite pastime. There is a lot of chat about how they got to their spot, and how they will get out and snacks. People are wearing union flag bowler hats, kids are dressed as little kings and queens and the atmosphere is one of good tempered resignation to the long wait ahead. It is difficult to convey just how utterly rammed the Mall is, and has been, since around 6am this morning. Alexandra Topping is in the crowds for the Guardian this morning, and she reports:
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