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Article: Mourners Queue for Queen Mother
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- April 8, 2002
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LONDON (AP) _ Thousands of mourners lined up Monday to pay their final
respects to the Queen Mother, while a few devoted fans camped on the
streets to get the best spots for the funeral.
The line of mourners waiting to file into Parliament's Westminster
Hall snaked through the city and along the River Thames, even though
some 200,000 people filed past the coffin during the weekend. Officials
said 2,000 people passed through the medieval hall every hour after
waiting up to five hours.
Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth II would make a televised address
to the nation Monday to thank all those who paid their respects to
her mother, who died March 30 ...