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Viral post calls queue to see Queen's coffin a 'triumph of Britishness'

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A thread explaining why the miles-long queue to pay respects to the Queen is as the "greatest thing ever" has gone viral. Queen Elizabeth II is lying in state at Westminster Hall until the state funeral on September 19.

The Queen's coffin left Buckingham Palace in a solemn procession featuring King Charles and members of the royal family. Hundreds of thousands of people will queue to file past the late monarch in a wait that could last as long as 30 hours.

A popular series of Twitter posts by one user summed up the Brits as a "deeply, deeply mad people with an absolutely unshakeable need to join a queue".

People can join a huge queue, which is capped at 10 miles, to pay their respects 24-hours a day until 6am the morning of the funeral.

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