and again i would walk to the end of the earth for my queenpeople had many reasons for coming from affection for the queen to a desire to be part of a historic moment simon hopkins who traveled from his home in central england likened it to a pilgrimageit is a bit strange because that kind of goes against my grain he said ive been kind of drawn into itthe public kept silently streaming into westminster hall even as the queens four children charles princess anne prince andrew and prince edward stood vigil friday night around the flagdraped coffin for 15 minutes a babys cry was the only soundbefore the vigil edward said the royal family was overwhelmed by the tide of emotion that has engulfed us and the sheer number of people who have gone out of their way to express their own love admiration and respect for our dear mamaauthorities on saturday closed a separate line for people with disabilities saying all spaces available have been allocatedthe metropolitan police arrested a man friday night for a suspected public order offense parliamentary authorities said someone got out of the queue and tried to approach the coffintracey holland told sky news that her 7yearold niece darcy holland was pushed out of the way by a man who tried to run up to the coffin lift up the standard and try to do i dont know what she said police detained the man in two secondsthe lyinginstate continues until early monday morning when the queens coffin will be borne to nearby westminster abbey for a state funeral the finale of 10 days of national mourning for britains longestreigning monarch elizabeth 96 died at her balmoral estate in scotland on sept 8 after 70 years on the throneus president joe biden and his wife jill biden flew to the uk on sunday one of hundreds of heads of state royals and political leaders from around the world coming to london to attend the funeral charles was holding audiences saturday with incoming prime ministers governor generals of the realms and military leadersafter the service monday at the abbey the late queens coffin will be transported through the historic heart of london on a horsedrawn gun carriage it will then be taken in a hearse to windsor where the queen will be interred alongside her late husband prince philip who died last yearhundreds of troops from the british army air force and navy held an earlymorning rehearsal saturday for the final procession as troops lined the picturesque path leading to windsor castle the thumping of drums echoed as marching bands walked ahead of a hearselondon police say the funeral will be the largest single policing event the force has ever handled surpassing even the 2012 summer olympics and the platinum jubilee in june celebrating the queens 70year reign