I don’t currently have live access to up-to-the-minute news feeds in this chat. Based on recent public coverage, there was no ongoing lying-in-state queue for Elizabeth II in 2026, as she passed away in 2022 and the lying-in-state period occurred around her funeral in September 2022. If you’re looking for the very latest updates about commemorations or related procedures, I can pull in current sources if you’d like me to search now. Please confirm if you want me to look up up-to-date information and which region you’re interested in (UK-wide or specific institutions).
Notes:
- Elizabeth II died in 2022, with a lying-in-state period that year in Westminster Hall lasting from 14 to 19 September 2022.[5]
- After the lying-in-state period concluded, the queue for viewing the Queen ended ahead of her state funeral on 19 September 2022.[5]
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Queen Elizabeth II's coffin will lie in state for four days until the late monarch’s funeral on Monday, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to file past.
globalnews.caIf you're not put off by long waits, lots of standing up and cold weather why not queue to see the Queen lying in state? Even better - why not do it twice?
news.sky.comQueen Elizabeth II lies-in-state for a second day as mourners queue up to pay their respects and King Charles III attended a prayer service for his mother in Wales. David Beckham has been spotted waiting in the queue to pay his respects to the queen.
www.foxnews.comBetween 14 and 19 September 2022, a queue of mourners waited to file past the coffin of Elizabeth II while she lay in state at Westminster Hall in London, England. The Queen had died on 8 September, and had previously lain in rest in St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh from 12 to 13 September. On official signs the queue was named "lying-in-state queue" and in contemporary media coverage it was simply called "The Queue". Two separate queues were operated. The main queue had a length of up to 10...
monarchies.fandom.comKing, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward watch over coffin for 15 minutes
www.theguardian.comDecision taken to close entry to queue permanently after it reached capacity before Monday's funeral
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