The last person in the queue to view Queen Elizabeth II’s lying-in-state ahead of the monarch’s funeral has said it “means a lot” to pay her respects.
Sarah Rogers, who had travelled from Woodbridge in Suffolk with her mother Christine, said the Queen had “been a constant in my life”.
Hundreds of thousands of people have attended the lying-in-state, which closed just after 06:30 BST.
Later the coffin will be taken to Westminster Abbey for the funeral.
The doors of the Abbey will be opened for guests to start arriving at 08:00, ahead of the service at 11:00.
The queue closed shortly after 22:40 on Sunday but anyone already waiting with a wristband was assured they would be admitted.
At its peak, people were waiting for more than 24 hours in a long line that snaked through central London for almost seven miles, ending in a three-mile zigzag in Southwark Park.
Christine and Sarah were the final two people to be handed wristbands to join the queue.
The crowds behind them burst into applause as they were told they would be the last people allowed to enter Westminster Hall.
Sarah said: “It means a lot to come and pay our respects, because she’s been a constant in my life. To just go there and say thank you… it means a lot.”
As the lying-in-state drew to a close on Monday morning, members of parliamentary staff followed the final mourners, with Black Rod Sarah Clarke, a senior officer in the House of Lords, being the last to walk past the coffin.
The Black Rod walks through a near empty Westminster Hall at the end of the Queen’s lying-in-state
The Black Rod walks through a near empty Westminster Hall at the end of the Queen’s lying-in-state
Earlier, several hundred people were turned away from the queue, including Vidur and Natasha Pabari from Chigwell.
Vidur said it was “heartbreaking” to miss out, while Natasha said: “We will have to pay our respects another way.”
On Sunday, organisers had urged people not to travel to avoid disappointment in case they missed the cut-off time, before announcing the queue was closed shortly after 22:40.
“Thank you to everyone who has observed Her Majesty The Queen’s Lying-in-State which has now ended,” the culture department said.
The number of people to view the Queen’s lying-in-state is yet to be announced.
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