Mourners have been left in tears after queuing up all night only to be turned away from the Queen's lying in state. Dozens of well-wishers were prevented from advancing any closer to Westminster Hall by police in the early hours of this morning.
Some, who were left in tears, complained to police that they had been "lied to" earlier on in the night about their chance of being able to see the Queen's coffin in Westminster.
One of those who were turned away was Albert who joined the queue without a wristband at 10pm last night. He claimed that the government's official live feed was not kept up-to-date with information that no further wristbands would be given out to mourners. Read more: Queen's funeral LIVE as nation comes to a standstill for state funeral of Elizabeth II "The communication has been terrible," Albert said.
He added: "There were loads of people who joined the official queue based on the website, but never received wristbands. “And in the queue they didn’t give us any information – just to be disrespectful to us when we got here (Lambeth Bridge) in the end.“ Last night, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said that the final people had been admitted to the line.
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