The queen's body will be lying in state beginning Wednesday night and many mourners have already queued up.
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Across the River Thames, over a bridge, around a corner, down some steps, in London's on-and-off rain, Vanessa Nathakumaran is waiting to see the queen.
She's hoping to be the very first.
Nathakumaran, from Harrow, in northwest London, appeared on a stretch of walkway south of Lambeth Bridge – directly across from Westminster Hall, where the queen's body will be lying in state from Wednesday night ahead of her funeral – on Monday.
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I care as much for the British “Royalty” as George Washington.