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'A wave of emotion hit me': Royal mourners tell HELLO! why they felt compelled to see the Queen lying in state after long queue
the late Queen.MORE: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Prince Andrew to miss state event - detailsQueen Elizabeth II's lying in state began at 5pm on Wednesday, and an estimated 400,000 people are expected to make the journey, with queue times now peaking at 14 hours.WATCH: Royal family deliver Queen to nation ahead of lying in stateWe spoke with two royal well-wishers and university friends, Beth Nightingale, 32, and James Boumphrey, 33, who were among the thousands that waited in line overnight when the lying in state first began.MORE: King Charles' touching gesture to Prince Harry on his birthdayWATCH: Meghan Markle's reaction as the Queen's coffin enters Westminster HallFollowing an excited group WhatsApp chat, and having stumbled across James whilst walking to the queue, mum-of-one Beth confessed she felt compelled by a sudden urge to drop everything she was doing to join the four-mile-long queue."I was 12 when the Queen Mother died and I remember the queues filing past her coffin and since then I have always said I would go see the Queen when she dies," she explained to HELLO!. "I have always had a deep respect for the Queen and felt like I would regret it if I didn't at least try to see her lying in state.
