After paying their respects to the Queen, some mourners quickly posted their used wristbands on the online market, with the highest price so far reaching £199.99 (although many have accepted ‘Best Offers’ meaning the exact amount of discounts). About 10 of the colorful bands have been sold on the site so far, with many more auctions ending in the coming days. Image: This crumpled gold band has so far received bids of £2,550. Photo: eBay But bids for bands currently being sold are running into the thousands – including a gold bracelet, worn on Friday September 16 – the same day David Beckham queued to pay his respects to the Queen. The seller says the former England football captain was about an hour ahead of them in the queue and that they joined the queue just before 6am. Offering a selection of photos from their day in the capital to verify their visit – including shots of Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye – the rumpled gold band have so far received bids of £2,550. The auction still has about a day left to run. Watch live stream as thousands queued to watch the live stream of the queen in state Another post shows a bright orange band fresh from today – Saturday – described as “genuine unused”, which has already fetched £1,040, despite the auction not ending until Tuesday. The seller has sweetened the deal with free postage. Meanwhile, two dark green belts, which the seller says were used by her and her daughter on Thursday during an eight-hour wait to get past the coffin, have a top bid of £436, plus £3.35 postage from the Derby (at the time of writing) . Yellow bands from the accessible queue are also available to buy on the site, with one seller even offering to send “two newspapers collected a day to Westminster” along with their two yellow bands. Image: Members of the public queuing near Tower Bridge, London Some mourners had managed to remove their bands without breaking the seal, and were selling them ‘intact’. One hopeful seller listed their band – which they said had been in the queue since day one – for £22,000, but later took down their post. Despite being able to buy a wristband online, shoppers won’t be able to use it to skip the line, as it can’t be reused. The colored and numbered zones were issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to help manage the huge numbers of people wanting to catch a glimpse of the Queen in state. The bands have a different number and color shades each day. The DCMS website explains the queuing process, saying that the band is “a record of when you entered the queue”. However, he adds that “having a wristband does not guarantee entry to Laing-in-State”. Queen’s funeral plans: Everything you need to know Who will be at the Queen’s funeral (and who won’t) Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 0:53 King Charles and Prince William meet mourners in central London. The website continues: “Wristbands are specific to each person participating in the queue and are strictly non-transferable. You must keep this wristband open at all times as it will be checked during the ride.” The complexes allow mourners to leave the queue to go to the toilet or get food and drink. With some people queuing for around 24 hours, such refreshment breaks are essential. When asked about the sale of used wristbands online, a DCMS spokesman told Sky News: “Lying-in-State access wristbands are single-use, delivered by flight attendants and can only be used by the person to whom they were issued. Access will be denied to anyone found not to have followed the correct procedure.” The Queen has been in state since Wednesday, with her children holding a vigil on Friday and her grandchildren holding a vigil on Saturday afternoon.
