Representing the island at Westminster Hall in London on Saturday will be:
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Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore,
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Deputy Chief Minister, Deputy Kirsten Morel,
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Chair of the Privileges and Procedures Committee, Connétable Karen Shenton Stone,
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President of the Scrutiny Liaison Committee, Deputy Sam Mézec, and
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Chair of the Comité des Connétables, Connétable Mike Jackson.
The group were given tickets by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport following a request of the Earl Marshal’s Office.
It means they won’t have to join the queue, which, at the time of writing, is approximately 4.4 miles long, stretching all the way to Bermondsey Beach.
Although there has been a constant flow of people since the lying-in-state of Her Majesty opened on Wednesday at 17:00, the current estimated queuing time is at least 11 hours. The lying-in-state will end at 06:30 on Monday 19 September, the day of Her Majesty’s funeral.
Video: The live queue-tracker.
During the lying-in-state period, the coffin rests on a raised platform, which is called a catafalque, in the middle of Westminster Hall at the Houses of Parliament.
Each corner of the platform is guarded around the clock by units from the Sovereign’s Bodyguard, Foot Guards or the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
Members of the public have around a minute to file past the platform and pay their respects, which they are asked to do in silence.
Video: A live feed of visitors filing past the Queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall. (BBC/YouTube)
The last notable occasion of a lying-in-state was that of the Queen Mother in 2002, which attracted an estimated 200,000 people.
It’s expected that more than triple this number will have visited Queen Elizabeth II’s lying-in-state before her funeral.
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