The queue to see the Queen’s coffin is now nearly four miles long and stretches from Westminster Hall past Tower Bridge – and continues to grow.

Thousands of mourners have joined the wait to file past the monarch’s coffin as she lies in state.

Hundreds of people have filed past the coffin, many wiping their eyes with tissues as they bowed or curtsied.

Former prime minister Theresa May and her husband Philip also paid their respects this morning.

Mourners queue overnight as coffin guard faints – follow latest updates

The Queen’s coffin is raised on a catafalque and draped with a Royal Standard while it lies in Westminster Hall.

It is guarded around the clock by units from the Sovereign’s Bodyguard, the Household Division or Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London.

One of the guards collapsed overnight and nearby officials were seen quickly rushing to his aid after he appeared to faint.

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