The route has been announced to give even those who can’t brave the London queue the chance to make plans to see the late Queen on the final leg of what the King called her “last great journey”. On Friday night, a member of the public was allegedly charged at the Queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall. The man was allegedly taken to the floor by Metropolitan Police officers and arrested. The Met told ITV: “At 10pm on Friday 16 September, officers from the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection arrested a man in Westminster Hall following a disturbance. He was arrested for an offense under the Public Order Act and is currently under reservation”. . The government is drawing up plans to close the queue for Westminster Hall in state on Sunday morning to allow it to finish by 6.30am. on Monday, when preparations for the funeral begin in earnest. Whitehall officials are now urgently debating what time to close the queue for good, following a temporary closure that lasted most of Friday and growing concern about the capital’s infrastructure. On Saturday, a lucky few are expected to stop by Westminster Hall as the Queen’s grandchildren hold their own vigil – the first of its kind for a monarch in state. The eight grandchildren – the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sussex, Princess Beatrix, Princess Eugenie, Peter Phillips, Zara Tyndall, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and Viscount Severn – will form their own silent guard at the coffin for about 15 minutes. The Duke of Sussex will wear military uniform at the King’s request, with the same exception made for his uncle, the Duke of York – also now a ‘non-working’ member of the royal family.
