Sharjah24 - Reuters: A line of four blue camping chairs mark the spot Wendy Bingley will spend more than 24 hours chatting to passersby, eating sandwiches and, around midday on Monday, watching Queen Elizabeth's funeral procession pass by.
Bingley, her daughter and 79 year-old mother, will be joined by tens of thousands on The Mall, a grand avenue outside Buckingham Palace, to watch Elizabeth's coffin on its journey to her final resting place in Windsor following her funeral in nearby Westminster Abbey.
The queen's death, aged 96, at her Scottish castle on Sept. 8 has prompted a national outpouring of emotion, drawing huge crowds with thousands queuing to join sometimes-sombre, sometimes-celebratory gatherings for a monarch who spent seven decades on the throne.
"We absolutely adore the queen," said Bingley, 58, who set off before dawn to bag a prime viewing spot, metres from where the coffin will pass.
"The rest of the family think we're mad, but hey ho."
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