Michelle Donnellan told Sky News that more than a quarter of a million mourners “passed through parliament” but that it was an estimate and the government was still “crunching the final numbers”. People queued around the clock from late last Wednesday until 6.30am yesterday, the day of the Queen’s funeral, to see her coffin at Westminster Hall. The queue stretched from Parliament along the south bank of the Thames and over Tower Bridge to Southwark Park. The last member of the public to see the casket said he went through the line twice that night. David Beckham was among those who paid their respects and others spoke of new friends with people around them in the queue. On two occasions, the Queen’s children and grandchildren held vigils around the casket as the audience continued to reminisce. Huge crowds also watched the Queen’s funeral procession through London and en route to a smaller service at Windsor Castle yesterday afternoon. The Queen was buried in a private family ceremony in the evening. The mayor of London said around 80,000 people were in Hyde Park, 75,000 in ceremonial grounds and 60,000 on South Carriage Drive. Total numbers will be much higher, with crowds forming almost the entire route to Windsor, where Thames Valley Police said 100,000 people took part. Read more: Royals and world leaders: Who was at the Queen’s funeral? Things you might have missed from the Queen’s funeral The Queen through the years – a lifetime of service in pictures The Queen was laid to rest alongside Prince Philip on Monday night in a final private ceremony at St George’s Chapel. It concluded a historic and spectacular day of events that included a state funeral, a procession through London and thousands watching the Long Walk as the group arrived at Windsor Castle. There was also the moment where the state crown, orb and scepter were removed from the coffin before it descended into the vault. As the royal family laid the Queen to rest, they tweeted an unseen photo of her walking down Balmoral in 1971. The royal family is observing another week of mourning and is not expected to hold any official engagements.
