Royal fans camp out to get front row seats for the queen's funeral


  • World
  • Monday, 19 Sep 2022

People gather ahead of the funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain September 18, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson

LONDON (Reuters) - A line of four blue camping chairs mark the spot Wendy Bingley will spend more than 24 hours chatting to passersby, eating sandwiches and, around midday on Monday, watching Queen Elizabeth's funeral procession pass by.

Bingley, her daughter and 79 year-old mother, will be joined by tens of thousands on The Mall, a grand avenue outside Buckingham Palace, to watch Elizabeth's coffin on its journey to her final resting place in Windsor following her funeral nL8N30M48X in nearby Westminster Abbey.

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