Strange behaviour of man who waited 14-hours in queue before grabbing Queen's coffin

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Queen's coffin and allegedly knocking over a seven-year-old.Well-wishers were left stunned as they queued to mark their respects at the Westminster resting place of Her Majesty's coffin when a man behaving "strangely" was tackled by police.The scramble from the unnamed man left onlookers shocked as he pushed over a seven-year-old and touched the Queen's casket, lifting up the Royal Standard before being arrested.READ MORE: Man makes desperate grab for Queen's coffin in front of horrified mournersEyewitnesses have since described the bloke as an odd and erratic individual who was trying to "keep himself to himself".

One witness, Jon Williams, had queued with the coffin-pusher before the incident had unfolded which occurred after King Charles III and his siblings had paid tribute to the Queen.

Speaking to MailOnline, Williams said: "He stood out to me as we were in the queue for 14 hours from start to end. He was some way ahead of us but even so we noticed him."And he only stood out as most people in the queue were talking to each other and interacting however he wasn't.

I saw a few people next to him trying to strike up conversation but he seemed to keep himself to himself."He got to the coffin and seemed to lift up the flag, he didn't try to pull out off from what I could see."Williams continued: "As I said people were in shock although they seemed to try to carry on.