Meet the people who were willing to spend at least 12 hours in line to say their final goodbyes to Queen Elizabeth.
Photographer Alice Zoo spoke to mourners waiting for hours on a miles-long line to say their goodbyes to Queen Elizabeth II in London.LONDON — Forty minutes. One hour. Five. Ten. The line for people waiting to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II has stretched 5 miles across London, resulting in a stream of people willing to wait at least 13 hours to say their last goodbyes.
Simon Wilkinson, 62, left, has been in line for 30 minutes and has been told he may have 25 hours to wait. Alan Pun, 49, has been waiting for 40 minutes and may have to wait 15 to 25 hours. Both men are in Bermondsey, about 5 miles from the palace.Violet and Everdeen Higbee have been waiting for an hour, and at about 4 and a half miles from Westminster, don't know how much more they have to wait before reaching the queen lying in state.
The line of mourners near Westminster Palace, left. Sally Sommer, right, has been waiting about two hours and is not sure how much longer she'll be in line. Sommer is almost 4 miles from Westminster Palace. Marilyn Winnett, 68, left, has been in line since 5:45 a.m. Barbara Anderson, 57, right, has been waiting for four hours and is nearly 3 miles from the end of the queue.Laura Walshaw, 30, left, has been waiting in line for about five hours, since 5 a.m. She thinks she may have seven to eight hours more to wait. Isabelle Parsons, right, has been in the queue since 4 a.m., and estimates she has about four hours more to go.
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