Queen queue – live: Coffin line reopens as King Charles greets mourners on Wales visit

King Charles and the Queen Consort have spoken to well-wishers on their trip to Wales

Loud cheers from schoolchildren waving Welsh flags could be heard outside Cardiff Castle ahead of the King’s arrival.

Around 150 children from St Mary the Virgin of Wales Church Primary School, from year one to six, chanted “King Charles, King Charles” as they lined the streets on Friday.

Headteacher Nicki Pritchard said it was a “thrill” the children could come and see the King visit the Welsh capital.

The children then began to sing “God Save the King”.

Some anti-monarchy protesters have set up outside Cardiff Castle.

The placards included phrases such as “Abolish the monarchy”, “Citizen not subject” and “Democracy now”.

Giant flags of Owain Glyndwr were held aloft by some demonstrators, with one man holding up a banner reading: “End the title of Prince of Wales”.

The entrance to Southwark Park has reopened despite a government announcement that queuing has been discontinued.

The gates were initially closed as queue attendants sought to block new arrivals.

But a second queue quickly began to form outside the park along Jamaica Street, prompting attendants to reopen the gate.

The queue continues to move slowly inside the park.

The Queen was described as a “terrifying figure on the world stage” during the memorial service in Cardiff.

Andrew John, the Archbishop of Wales, highlighted the late monarch’s ability to “use soft power” and said we would never look at a marmalade jar the same way again after she appeared with fictional character Paddington Bear during the celebrations her Platinum Jubilee.

The Archbishop said in his speech: “Her ability to influence, to use soft power – no less significant, no less authoritative – illustrates the wise and careful thinking she brought to her role.

“The Prime Ministers discovered that she was a trusted person. That attention to government affairs, her knowledge of world events, and the longevity of her reign gave her unparalleled perspective and ability to see the distant scene.”

He added: “We also saw a monarch who can surprise and delight us. We’ll never look at a marmalade jar the same way again, nor will we look at Mr Bond without remembering 2012 and that incredible leap into the void.

“Her late majesty was also a magnificent figure on the world stage, embodying continuity and stability, but perhaps more than that, values, values ​​that are shared between nations and cultures.”

The Archbishop said: “And in Wales, this ability was never more evident than when she visited Aberfan in 1966. That community found her presence deeply comforting and Her Majesty was to return four more times to that community.”

An American student revealed why she waited in line for five hours to see Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin, saying in a recent interview that she wanted to witness such an important moment “in history”.

During a conversation with PeopleIsabella Heffernan, a 19-year-old student at Stanford University, discussed how she walked with thousands of people to Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the late monarch.

Heffernan shared that while she doesn’t “personally have a connection” to the Queen, she felt that seeing her coffin represented a “big moment in history”.

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King Charles is greeting well-wishers in Wales after a service at Llandaff Cathedral.

The young monarch was photographed talking to schoolchildren and shaking hands with mourners who lined the streets for his visit.

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The entrance to Southwark Park is closed.

Officials are now barring people from queuing to lie down.

An official said: “Entrance to the queue is closed.”

A crowd has formed around the entrance as people beg to be let in.

Double queues have been set up for mourners who want to see Queen Elizabeth II lie in state inside Westminster Hall.

Officials are now directing people into two lines on either side of the Queen’s coffin so twice as many people can pay their respects as waiting times increase to around 14 hours.

Tens of thousands of people are trying to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty’s coffin ahead of Monday 19 September, the day of her funeral.

The queue to enter Westminster Hall has now been cut short after the line reached capacity in Southwark Park on Friday morning.

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Preparations to stop the queue at Southwark Park in south-east London are underway as thousands of people line up to see the Queen lie in state.

Asked where the queue would stop, a spokesman for the park’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said: “I’m not going to speculate at the moment – it’s too early for that.” He said the notice of the pause “has fallen”.

“We informed TfL, the transport people, first to let people find out before it got to this point.” He added that announcements are being made at subway stations and on billboards.

“We’re trying to move people as quickly as we can; just bear with us for some of the finer questions about the ground level.”