Mourners Rage After Being Denied Entry To Queen S State Lay After Hours In Queues
Dozens of mourners were prevented in the early hours of Monday from moving closer to Westminster Hall by police at the entrance to Victoria Tower Gardens next to Lambeth Bridge. Pauline Pearce, who queued in central London for seven hours, said queuers were given “constant misinformation”. Mrs Pearce, who was dubbed a ‘Hackney hero’ after she was filmed confronting rioters in 2011, said: ‘We all felt angry today. “We were being sent from one point to another and we were living on the false hope that they might let us in....