There will never be another moment like this in Westminster Hall because there will never be another monarch like Elizabeth, writes Ben Kentish
The towering stone walls played host to the trials of Guy Fawkes and Thomas More, saw King Charles I sentenced to death, watched over the inauguration of Cromwell’s protectorate.
This is the sight that thousands upon thousands have queued for hours to see. Outside, in the lines that snake their way down the Thames, there is a buzz. The mood is jovial, excitable, anticipatory. Friends have been made, stories and numbers exchanged, cold nights and sore feet endured. As they approach the Palace of Westminster, zig-zagging through Victoria Gardens, passing through a hastily-erected security tent, the volume grows.
What they all do is look back. Reaching the huge wooden doors at the end of Westminster Hall, they pause, glancing over their shoulders for one final look – at the platform, the coffin, the 70-year reign, the memories, taking in this moment, in this most historic of halls, that they will never experience again.
Who are these people? Who, really, are they not? Generalities are impossible. They are young and old, British, tourists, people of every colour and creed. The have come from near and far. Some have dressed up for the occasion, most have not. Some walk slowly with the help of sticks, others, barely old enough to walk at all, grip the hands of their parents.
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